Like many such events, the recent White House Summit on malaria, which featured a speech and new grant announcements by Melinda Gates, was carefully choreographed with few surprises. But there was one.

President Bush began the closing keynote address by saying, “I want to thank those members of my Cabinet who are here, the ambassadors, the members of Congress, and I want to thank the social entrepreneurs who are with us today.” Bush then cited the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as “a fantastic example of social entrepreneurship, using business acumen to address social problems.”

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