a woman, god willing, would be elected very soon, and i hope a qualified and a wonderful one [laughter] i didn t mean that as a shot at hillary at all and i mean that. this is an important moment in american history. it doesn t solve our problems in iraq and afghanistan and iran. it doesn t fix everything. it doesn t even fix everything about race. but it s enormously important if youare about america-esse and what that means. david, thank you. [applause] .. laura browder author of when janey comes marching home: portraits of women combat veterans, and kara vuic author of officer, nurse, woman: the army nurse corps in the vietnam war, participate in a panel on women and war. from the 2010 virginia festival of the book in charlottesvle this is an hour. i m excited to be moderating this panel. laura has changed things, boundaries, people s lives. and i think this is right. we have been at war now continuously for what i think is the longest period in our history