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FYI.

Hope all is well.


From: Kevin Johnson [mailto:kevin@zerocancer.org]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:38 AM
To: Jamie Bearse; Skip Lockwood; jschwartz
Cc: Mike Smith
Subject: RE: pcrp funding by fy


Sorry - another followup.


So, I obviously have not received any correspondence from Mike Milken
whatsoever beyond that original email. However, I did have a very good
meeting with Brooke Boyer who is the staff person on the House Defense
Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for the Defense Health Programs
account. She was optimistic about the work for FY11 (the current one)
and maintaining funding for this year.


While that certainly is promising for next year, we have our work cut
out for us and there is a great deal of uncertainty about the timeline
moving forward with fy12 although she certainly believes it will be
delayed a few weeks, or about how things will play out. There is some
fear that with cutbacks at NIH, people with interests beyond the current
scope of the CDMRP will look at the program at DOD which will bring a
new level of scrutiny on the program - and potentially unwanted
attention.


So, I'm working on tightening up our argument in favor of the program
and strengthening the tie to military relevance.


I have a meeting with Mike Smith next week (thus cc'd on this email as a
primer) to discuss strategy. Let me know if you need any further
information from me in regards to responding to Mike Milken.


Kevin