Fauci is connected to CDC's Principal Deputy Director, Anne Schuchat
Fauci: "You know, you often hear of the war-time metaphor of…'When the bomb starts falling, who do I want to be in the foxhole with?' Well I want to always be in the foxhole with Anne Schuchat."
They've worked together on H1N1 (SARS), Chikungunya, West Nile, Ebola, and Zika outbread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfkNUWSvN_Y&t=83
Start @1:23