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"Stones Into Schools": Greg Mortenson On His New Book

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:55 PM ET

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Greg Mortenson has written a sequel to his 2006 best seller, Three Cups of Tea, about his efforts in Pakistan. Mortenson, 51, who lives in Montana, spoke with USA TODAY about Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Greg Mortenson has written a sequel to his 2006 best seller, Three Cups of Tea, about his efforts in Pakistan. Mortenson, 51, who lives in Montana, spoke with USA TODAY about Stones Into Schools: Prom...
Greg Mortenson has written a sequel to his 2006 best seller, Three Cups of Tea, about his efforts in Pakistan. Mortenson, 51, who lives in Montana, spoke with USA TODAY about Stones Into Schools: Prom...
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AJ39
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07:58 PM on 12/10/2009
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we would build 30,000 schools in Afghanistan instead of sending 30,000 troops. It would be cheaper and more long lasting. We could do that and still have money left over to protect the schools for a while and help with textbooks and teachers' pay. Maybe even 10,000 schools would do it, and then if we did have to have some military presence, we'd still be able to afford that.
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progressivepam
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03:58 PM on 12/10/2009
Now here's a good candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize!
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09:40 PM on 12/10/2009
He was nominated:

"...Greg Mortenson doesn't need to rely on think tanks or arcane policy documents to find the road to a better Afghanistan.

The mountaineer-turned-school builder from Montana – recently nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize – depends on what might be called his own show-of-hands index, based on his visits to speak with children in the United States and Afghanistan. In the past few months alone, he's spoken to tens of thousands of them...."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1204/p07s01-wome.html
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