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==Advocacy work== While advocating for her husband, [[Robert Miller]], who lives with [[ME/CFS]], she spoke to President Barack Obama at a 2011 town meeting in Reno. Miller asked that the President encourage more scientific research for ME/CFS. The President stated: "I will confess to you that, although I had heard of CFS, I don't have expertise in it.... what I promise I will do when I get back is I will have the [[National Institutes of Health]] explain to me what they're currently doing and start seeing if they can do more on this particular ailment."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2IFtkXofss&list=FL3eYGvobC9QNaqCArAWToWw</ref> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2IFtkXofss#t=47m01s See video of Courtney Miller speaking to President Obama] On 26 July 2012, President Obama wrote a follow-up letter to Courtney Miller, reporting that he had "asked Dr. [[Francis Collins | Francis S. Collins]], M.D., Ph.D., the director of [[NIH]] for a status report on what NIH is doing to find a cure for CFS... I have asked [Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy,] Nancy-Ann [DeParle] to stay in touch with Dr. Collins at NIH and Dr. Koh at [[HHS]] about my interests in CFS."<ref>http://phoenixrising.me/wp-content/uploads/President-Obama-Letter-on-CFS.pdf</ref> [http://phoenixrising.me/wp-content/uploads/President-Obama-Letter-on-CFS.pdf Read President Obama's Letter]
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