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° FD-3Q2a (Rev. 10-6-95) @ : @ 279AR-WF-222936-302 Continuation of FD-302 of a >On 01/29/2008 _,Page_ 3 o is may be able ed) [si|dia not have any specific recollection of anyone being overly upset or voicing strong opinions at any of the Te lrewatted that prior to the anthrax-laced letter mailings, funding in the bio-defense area in general was lacking. After the anthrax-laced letter mailings of 2001, ——sdJopined that bio-defense funding across the board, but especially in anthrax-therapeutics and diagnostics, increased by millions of dollars. [| aftixmed that immediately prior to the September 11, 2001, time frame, USAMRIID was not a "hot bed" for anthrax- vaccine research.[ ____| noted that others were conducting anthrax-vaccine research, such as the Navy. The Navy was working on a "DNA vaccine"; however, USAMRIID was not, as the AVA vaccine was already licenced by a Michigan company, and the rPA research had runs its course at USAMRIID. [__]noted that after 2003, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) replaced the Army as the new program manager for the mcppRP. []recalled specifically that DTRA no longer would support "hobby scientists." [ lexplained "hobby scientist" as those government scientists who were more interested and motivated to continue conducting research which suited there own individual motivations and comfort zone as opposed to pro- actively seeking _to_ address those postings which address specific research gaps. [expounded that because the Anthrax vaccine had already been Ticensed by a Michigan company DTRA was not going to continue funding the anthrax vaccine research to the extent it had in the prior years.: .L__Jnoted that certainly after the