FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, February 14, 2013
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2013-02-14

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, February 14, 2013
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 305 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Valentine’s Day. Very interesting and enjoyable evening. Chris and I
were invited by Wayne and Catherine Reynolds to a dinner in the Adams Room of the
Hay Adams Hotel to honor Ehud Barak, Defense Minister and former Prime Minister of
Israel. He is in the USA for a meeting with Leon Panetta (Secretary of Defense). Great
time. Usual A crowd of DC, which this time included David Petraeus and his wife
Holly. Had the chance to speak with Petraeus and mentioned that I often said Hi to him
as we passed running on the C & O Canal. He said he recognized me, which was
probably just being polite. I thanked him for his years of service to the country. He was
very gracious. Obviously, some degree of awkwardness in the crowd given the Paula
Broadwell scandal and his wife being there on “Valentine’s Day”. Also present among
many other were Bob Barnett and wife, Ed Markey (soon to run for Senator from
Massachusetts) and wife Susan Blumenthal, Rick Atkinson (Pulitzer Prize winner
author), Lyric Winik and husband Jay, Ben Carson and wife Candy, Josh Bolten and his
new girlfriend (?name), Bill Cohen (former Sec. of Defense) and wife Janet, etc.
   Barak gave a very insightful speech on the challenges facing Israel in the context of
the Arab Spring, Syria, and Iran.