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Oprah, Bill Gates and the Privatization of Public Schools What Billionaires Mean by Education Reform Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:34:44 -0700 From: Eubulides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: the State Department's consultant <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/266921_chinagates17.html> Gates is a big draw for visiting world leaders, including China's Hu Monday, April 17, 2006 By MIKE LEWIS P-I REPORTER Ralph Munro, Washington's former secretary of state, noticed the change in the late 1980s, less than halfway into his 20 years in office. He'd travel to China. He'd dine in Japan. Foreign dignitaries from presidents to premiers inevitably started asking the same two questions: Do you know Bill Gates? Can I meet Bill Gates? "I'd have to tell them, I'd only met him once myself," Munro said with a chuckle. "The effect of the man is enormous." Never will this have been more on display than this week, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visits the Seattle area. Central to the plans of a man who leads one of the world's most powerful countries: a Tuesday night dinner with Gates.
