FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Friday, September 27, 2013
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2013-09-27

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DIARY ENTRY — Friday, September 27, 2013
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 324 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Had great typical dinner with Wayne and Catherine Reynolds at the
Jefferson Hotel. Intimate setting with about 20 people at dinner – Rick Atkinson and
wife Jane (Rick is strongly encouraging me to get going in writing my book); Gen. James
Jones and wife; Gen. Colin Powell and Alma Powell; John Rogers (Goldman Sachs and
wife Deborah Lehr); Ben Carson and wife Candy; journalist Dana Priest; Steve
Rosenberg and wife Alice, among others. Stimulating conversation regard imminent
shutting down of the USG due to stalemate on budget between Republicans (who want
to defund Obamacare) and Democrats (who want a clean bill to keep government going
on a CR without touching Obamacare). Difficult to predict what will happen on Monday
(Sept. 30) at midnight, when the current fiscal year ends. During dinner varied
discussion. I spoke passionately about the stupidity of across the board cuts in
Biomedical research as part of the sequester and how this will damage our standing as the
world leader in biomedical research.

Sept. 28-30, 2013 – Threat of US government shutdown due to impasse in discussions
between Republicans (Speaker Boehner – driven by T Party extremists) and Democrats
(POTUS and Sen. Leader Harry Reid). GOP wants to negotiate defunding Obamacare or
at least modifying (delaying) individual mandate before they pass a CR to keep
government open after Sept. 30. POTUS refused to negotiate “with a gun to my head”.
He says: “pass CR and then we negotiate; also raise debt limit without conditions”. I
have prepared a video tape of my Opening Keynote for the Barcelona AIDS Vaccine
meeting on Oct. 7 in preparation for possibility that I will not be able to travel to Spain.
Rule is that if USG shuts down, then no USG employee travels.