FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, May 9, 2013
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2013-05-09

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, May 9, 2013
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 313 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Had Congressional visit here at NIH in the Clinical Center medical Board
Room on 4th Floor of Building10. Delegation led by Eric Cantor (R-VA). Also present
were Congressmen Andy Harris (R-MD), Elliot Engel (D-NY), Ted Yoho (R-FL), Chaka
Fattah (D-PA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC). Tim Murphy (R-PA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR).
NIH was represented by me, Francis Collins, Gary Gibbons, Eric Green, Chris Austin,
Larry Tabak, Kathy Hudson, John Gallin. We were trying (successfully) to familiarize
them with the NIH and what we do. Also, to impress on them the damage due to
sequestration. I spoke about the major advances in treatment of HIV and the possibility
of a universal Influenza vaccine. All in all it was a very good meeting.

Went to Book party at the home of Bob and Deborah Seder in honor of Andrea Redmond
who co-authored book called “Rwanda, Inc.” about entrepreneurship in Rwanda and the
effect on the economy. Had long conversation with my good friend Cheryl Mills,
Former Chief-of-Staff to Sec. Hillary Clinton and long-time Counselor to Clinton about
the “scandal” associated with the Benghazi incident where the Republicans are trying to
attack the Administration and especially Hillary Clinton for negligence/incompetence in
not protecting and responding in time to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the US
Embassy in Benghazi, Libya in which the US Ambassador was killed. Cheryl says that
the whistle-blower Greg Hicks is clearly not telling the story as it happened with regard
to the State Department responding or not to the threats against the embassy. I obviously
believe Cheryl.