<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b><font size="4"><a href="http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=29cbc7e6c21e0a8fd2a82aeb8&id=1ec9a9bdf3&e=416efb9114">Copy of article from Seattle Times</a></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td width="50%" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><h2 style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:30px;line-height:39px;margin:0px 0px 10px">After 10 years, few payoffs from Gates "Grand Challenges"</h2></div></td><td width="50%" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:16px"><em>Despite an investment of $1 billion, none of the projects funded under the Gates Foundation’s “Grand Challenges” banner has made a significant contribution to saving lives and improving health in the developing world</em></div><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:16px"> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:20.7999992370605px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">The article <a href="http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=29cbc7e6c21e0a8fd2a82aeb8&id=1ec9a9bdf3&e=416efb9114">here</a> beautifully sums up why Bill Gates's high-tech 'solutions' to developing world problems, including GM enhanced-nutrition crops, are misguided and mostly serve to divert funding from proven successful approaches.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:x-small;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>CHUCK SEARCY</i></span></b><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:x-small;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>Co-Chair, Agent Orange Working Group</i></span></b></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i></i></span></b></font></div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>M +8 490 342 0769<br></i></span></b></font></div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>E <a href="mailto:chuckusvn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuckusvn@gmail.com</a><br></i></span></b></font></div><i><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)">Sk chucksearcy</span></b><br></font></i></div></div></div>
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