Louisiana to a greater standard of living. Under the obama economy there has been 38,000 more people in louisiana who have gone on to food stamps that have got jobs. One thing that create working familys energy jobs. If you vote for harry reid jobs will not occur if you let bill cassidy be your sennett. It is unbelievable lets get the facts right, of course we support equal pay for a fact the a matter of facts. Made e charge that he just is absolutely false, my first chief of staff was a female, my current chief of staff is the africanamerican chief of staff. He is using them for his own purpose because he does not support the equal pay law on the books which is what i am for. The y also voted against Lilly Ledbetter law which get an equal pension if they have been paid less through their career. We have a final minute, let yes and no ut some questions wage yes or inimal no . Yes. No. Size fits nother one all solution. Marriage for samesex couples could be a problem if there is no nomi
We knew that essentially, we had to start life all over again. Hosseini is a good will ambassador to unhcr, the Un Refugee Agency and established a foundation to provide aid to the people of afghanistan. This year in particular, every year but this year in particular is a very good time for people around the world to take a step back, to think about the millions of people whose lives have been disrupted through no fault of their own. Hosseinis debut novel was a phenomenon. It spent 100 weeks on the New York Times best selling novel. Your third novel is coming out in paperback as we speak, favorite . Your last book is always your favorite. It feels to me the in some ways, the most personal of my three novels. It feels to me in some ways the most ambitious of the three and maybe the most accomplished. Why . I felt this is a novel that challenged me the most to write. It was more complex than the other three to write, just the structure of it, the multiple narratives, the diversity of cha
He will also sign the book after the program. I think todays program will be very interesting. You may hear differing perspectives and a lot about the history of afghanistan. If you read these two books, which are both wonderful, you will the context and the history of afghanistan. If you read the other you will see a character that comes to life during the history that will talk. Be will start off. [applause] thank you all for being here. Thank you to the Commonwealth Club. Let me check the time so i dont go over. I am sure all of you are interested in what is going on in afghanistan right now, who is contesting for the president ial seat and the election is next year, what happens after the nato forces withdraw, ive they do. We can get into all of them with questions and so on, but as a historian what i am interested as i got here. And i feel that how we got here is part of the question of where we go from here. And, you know, this book, i have gone back to what i consider the origin
Argument that they all come out with which it is we must engage pakistan rather than cut them off because we didnt impose sanctions because of the Nuclear Issue and that is a disaster this decade when there were no military to military contact. There was very little even Financial Aid coming to pakistan, and pakistan was more in the opposite direction, so the argument is to engage and we will have a better time. We are engaging and spending a lot of money and get nothing back. And actually they are going along in the opposite direction increasing the Nuclear Arsenal thanks to a lot of the money and yet killing people in both just baluchistan in the extras of judicial killing compared to any genocide in a lot of countries. It is really comparable. And then what they are doing in afghanistan, i shall, you know, tens of thousands of people dying. The whole country filled with ied is for fertilizer from factories it is out of control and its extraordinary, i agree with you why is america d
What the right the ms. Cohen is a bridge . Is it that sort of teamwork . Something to think about. I think its the right game your come up with constant basketball is always the right game. On that note thank you both very, very much. [applause] visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the author or book title in the search bar in the upper left side of the page and click search. You can also shoot anything you see on booktv. Org easily like looking sure on the upper left side of the page and selecting format. Booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors book booktv. Org. Now, tamim ansary, author of games without rules the often interrupted history of afghanistan, and Atta Arghandiwal author of lost decency the untold afghan story, the authors discuss the past, present and future of their country. This hourlong event was hosted by the Commonwealth Club of california. Good afternoon and welcome to todays mea