
Joseph Dear, executive director of the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB), attends the Milken Institute Global Conference 2008 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The annual conference brings together scientists, business executives, philanthropists, journalists, academics and Nobel laureates to discuss today's most pressing social, political and economic challenges, according to the Institute's Web site. Photographer: Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News
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