FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Tuesday, October 10, 2006
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2006-10-10

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DIARY ENTRY — Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 146 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Attended the swearing in ceremony for Mark Dybul as the U.S. AIDS
Coordinator with the Rank of Ambassador at the State Department (Benjamin Franklin
Room). Presiding was Secretary Condi Rice with Laura Bush present. I was given a
“seat of honor” in the first row – sat next to Michael Gerson (former speech-writer for
Pres. Bush). During her remarks, Condi specifically mentioned me – telling the story of
how this all started (PEPFAR) years ago when the POTUS had his staff including Condi
in the Oval Office and the POTUS was told by Tony Fauci, who is here with us today,
that a lot of progress has been made in the treatment of HIV disease so that we could
have a global impact.
   The day was a beautiful Fall day – bright sun and 75 F.