there was two attacks at the time when we talk about the postal hhs. there was patient care individuals that care about the disease. that is difficult in the hospital base. there is another concept that is classically for medicine the idea that there may have been an exposure and you want to prevent the manifestations. what i saw at the department level with this is i think when we talk about health care coalitions. you're talking about everybody that supporting the health care system so it is a faith based initiative, and folks that do logistic requirements and all of that enterprise. that is a big animal i think you want to bring as many of those support capabilities to the table as possible. i want to point out that that was not something that was federally driven, it was identified by a local jurisdiction that this was part of, not in lieu of using pharmacies, more points of dispensing, or any other initiatives, it was in adjunct to them. and the thought was that perhaps there would be a population because of mobility issues traffic arteries, or so

response to the national security council staff approved that national postal model in 2010. hhs on postal service then formed a joint program in front door to the deployment of a national postal muddle through the establishment of venue specific postal plant. and 2011 hhs awarded grants to five cities to fund these initiatives. minneapolis and st. paul was established in 2010 louisville kentucky, established in 2012. san diego, california, operational capability established in 2012 as well. philadelphia pennsylvania, and boston, massachusetts, also in 2012. the objective of the national postal model to use personal equipment or facility quick strike capability to deliver oral antibiotics from the strategic national stockpile to residential addresses within a single day as part of local and state mass dispensing plenty of the model was designed to augment not replace the distribution oral antibiotics the of the aforementioned pot. formal activation at this federal level to the postmaster general based on the declaration of a public health emergency response to requests from the g

talk about the postal hhs consideration. there's the issue of actual taking of individual contracted the disease. that's difficult. there's a concept which is a classically preventive medicine, the diet to the idea is that maybe exposure, you want to get countermeasure in the individual to present -- prevent the disease manifestation but you eliminate a lot of morbidity mortality. what i saw at the department level with this was that i think when we talk about, we've mentioned health care coalitions to your target everybody that applies to and supports health care systems. it's a based initiatives and folks who do logistics requirements and support all of that enterprise. that's a big animal. i think what you want to do is bring us me of the support capability to the table. carter mecher the collaboration between the united states postal service and health and human services. i want to point out that was not something that was federally driven. it was actually identified i a local jurisdictions that this was part of not in l

day an incredible group of unlikely -- unlikely bedfellows such as you sam read, cdc come hhs, the u.s. postal service and the intelligence community to deal with daily threats and many of the people that were participating are in this room. we visit daily if not more often to ensure everyone was up to speed on the medical law enforcement and other related matters. also critical to ensure that both you and the white house press secretary were often briefed as often as necessary to ensure that the american public was updated on the crisis. i mentioned anthrax because it brings me back to my initial point, your leadership. without a.a.men that had authority in support they would have been no way to operate as effectively and admittedly sometimes on the fly as we did during the anthrax attack. i will never forget what it took to make this critically needed coordination happen as i often recall when one late evening we gathered in the white house to discuss interagency challenges and processes command when i looked across the room a solid director of central intelligence sitting next to the postma

together what i think even to this day, incredible group of unlikely bed fellows such as cdc, hhs, fbi, u.s. postal service and intelligence community to deal with daily threats, operational plans health care and remediation. i must say many of the people participating are in this room and true heroes. we held daily if not more often when situations required interagency coordination phone calls to ensure everyone up to speed on medical law enforcement and other related matters. i've been reminded by several of the participants how invaluable those conference calls were to the process. it was also critical to ensure that both you and the white house press secretary were often briefed as often as necessary on the situation to ensure that the american public was updated on the crisis. i mention anthrax because it brings me back to my initial point, your leadership. without a point man that had the authority and support of everyone in the chain up to and including the president of the united states, there would have been no way to operate as effectively and admittedly sometimes on the fly as we did dur

hhs to launch in u.s. cities to respond to a large scale health emergency. the primary objectives are to avert mass casualties and dispensing antibiotics within 48 hours of -- the postal concept because an -- offering an additional method of drug distribution to the general population. commands were tested as well as as -- in october 2008, the u.s. food and drug administration approved a request for a unique emergency use authorization. it allowed postal participants to receive small quantities of oral antibiotics at their homes to be used by themselves and members of their households as directed by health authority in the case of a postal plan and for find lg amendments in 2009 and 2011. president obama issued an order in 2009 measures falling in bio tech. this recognized the capacity of volunteers to deliver to every american household as a unique national resource. developed and submitted a model in response to the national security counsel staff who approved that national postal model in 2010. the postal service informed a joint enterprise through the establishment specific postal plans. in 2011 they orred granted to five cities to fund these initiatives. minneapo