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NEWSPAPER CHAIN AND EDITORS NEEDED PEOPLE TO GO OVERSEAS AND I VOLUNTEERED. >> WHAT WERE YOU WRITING ABOUT BEFORE -- IT COULD BE ANYTHING >> HOW DID...
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IT TOOK ME ACROSS THE GLOBE OUTSIDE OF MY 9-5 EXISTENCE TO SEE OF CULTURE RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM MY OWN AND A COUNTRY THAT EXPERIENCED 30 YEARS...
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| 00:00:54 |
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WARFARE HAD JUST BEEN DEVASTATED, THE KIND OF DEVASTATION
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I HAD ONLY SEEN IN PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR II WITH PICTURES OF EUROPE AFTER THE ALLIES -- >> DID YOU EMBED? >> I DID IN 2003 WITH THE 82 AIRBORNE....
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ME BECAUSE HE FELT THE WASN'T PRONOUNCING IT
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CORRECTLY SO
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| 00:01:34 |
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I STARTED CALLING HIM BORROW. , WAS INTERVIEWING HIS UNCLE WHICH WAS TRYING TO CLEAR AFGHANISTAN
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| 00:01:42 |
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OF ALL THE MINES FROM PREVIOUS WARS AND I MENTIONED TO HIM THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A TRANSLATOR. THIS IS MY SECOND DAY AND I WAS ON MY OWN. I HAD TO...
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TIMES. PRETTY MUCH EVERY
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YEAR. >> WHY? >> I WAS SUCKED IN. IT CAPTURED MY IMAGINATION. I FORMED STRONG BONDS WITH THE FAMILY AND HAVE A HARD TIME -- I DIDN'T FEEL MY TIME WAS...
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IT HAD SUCH AN IMPACT AND COMING BACK
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TO THE UNITED STATES I FELT
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DISCOMBOBULATED. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I HAD KNOWN AND I
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FELT A NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND MY OWN SENSE OF BALANCE. I FEEL SOMEWHAT LOST HAVING DONE IT AND COMING BACK TO A PLACE THAT WAS SO...
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| 00:03:47 |
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PERSONAL ESSAYS WHICH -- ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY THOUGHTS
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| 00:03:53 |
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ABOUT PEOPLE THAT DON'T NORMALLY GO INTO A DAILY STORY BECAUSE I AM BEING MORE REFLECTIVE. >> GIVE AN EXAMPLE. >> THERE'S ONE STORY IN THE BOOK ABOUT...
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TO CONTINUE THAT. I CREATED SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT I FELT OBLIGATED TO ATTEMPT TO FULFILL. >> WHO
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IS FUNDING ALL OF THIS? >> SOME ARE FUNDED OUT OF POCKET. MANY OF THEM WERE FUNDED BY KNIGHT RIDER NEWSPAPER. >> THIS BOOK, A CHRONICLE OF FRIENDSHIP...
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US THROUGH IT. >>
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THE INITIAL CHAPTERS ARE JUST MY EMERGING INTO THE COUNTRY IN 2001 AND MY REACTION TO THAT. AND A RETURN IN 2002 WHICH WAS
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THE BEGINNING OF THE HAMID KARZAI GOVERNMENT. THE
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PROCESS INVOLVED WHERE HE WAS ASSUMING
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THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY AND IN FUTURE YEARS I DID
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AND IN BED AND FOLLOWED UP WHEN THE COUNTRY STARTED TO DEVOLVE INTO THE VIOLENCE WE ARE SEEING NOW AND MOST RECENTLY, THIS IS AND IN THE BOOK I COVERED...
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TURNING IT INTO A HOTEL. ALL ROOMS
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WERE GLASS SO IN WINTER YOU FROZE BECAUSE THERE IS NO CENTRAL HEATING AND NOTHING BUT GLASS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR SLEEPING BAG AND IT
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| 00:06:03 |
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WAS A VERY ECLECTIC GROUP. ALL
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SORTS OF PEOPLE FROM LOST SOULS TO JOURNALISTS TO PEOPLE WORKING IN EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS. >> WHEN DID YOU GET A BOOK CONTRACT? >> THAT WAS IN SEPTEMBER...
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WHAT MAKES
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YOUR DIFFERENT? >> A VERY PERSONAL BOOK. I DON'T GET INTO TALKING TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY. NOT SAYING THAT IS A BAD THING BUT I APPROACHED...
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FROM A SOCIAL WORK BACKGROUND. I TALKED TO THESE
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BOYS AND TRIED TO TALK TO MAINSTREAM AFGHANS, HOW THEY ALL FEEL IS HAPPENING TO THE COUNTRY. >> WHAT DOES HE DO IN HIS DAILY LIFE? >> HE IS WORKING...
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INTERNET CAFE. >> HE LIVES IN A LARGE HOUSE WITH HIS FAMILY AND WIFE
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AND CHILDREN. >> IS HE A WEALTHY MAN? >> I WOULD NOT SAY HE IS A WEALTHY MAN. >>
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THE INCOME
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IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT. THAT IS A GOOD SALARY. THE COST OF
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LIVING, WISH WE HAD AN EASY TIME BUT THE COMPARISON IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT. >> HOW DID YOU GET
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AROUND? >> HE DROVE. USUALLY IT WAS A TOYOTA VAN IS THE BEST WAY I CAN
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| 00:08:21 |
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DESCRIBE IT. IT WAS PRETTY BEATEN UP AND BATTERED. DRIVING IN AFGHANISTAN IS LIKE BUMPER POOL. IS NOT LIKE THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS....
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ACCIDENT BECAUSE
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| 00:08:38 |
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EVERYBODY STARTS SHIPPING AROUND TO GET THROUGH. >> HOW OFTEN WERE YOU PERSONALLY AFRAID? >> OFTEN TIMES I WAS AFRAID AFTER THE FACT. THERE WAS A TIME...
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WE HAD TO
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GET THROUGH, WE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS. >> WHO IS ON THE FRONT OF THIS? >> THAT IS A PICTURE OF AN AFGHAN MAN ON A MOTORCYCLE ON HIS WAY TO THE AIR...
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| 00:09:34 |
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U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE ALL-AROUND AFGHANISTAN?
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| 00:09:37 |
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DO YOU SEE IT CONSTANTLY? >> YOU SEE A LOT OF VEHICLES. YOU SEE SOME SOLDIERS ON THE STREET BUT YOU SEE A CONSTANT STREAM OF MILITARY VEHICLES. YOU...
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| 00:09:55 |
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SECURITY PERSONNEL FROM THE AFGHAN FORCES SO YOU'RE CONSTANTLY AWARE EVEN IF THERE'S NO FIGHTING
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| 00:10:02 |
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GOING ON THAT THE CITY IS UNDER SIEGE. >> WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> JUST OUTSIDE CHICAGO AND I AM A FREELANCE JOURNALIST....
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SOON? >> HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER.
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AND CONTINUE
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FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN SURGE AS -- ON LITTLE
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MORE LOOKING INTO WOMEN'S ISSUES. >>
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| 00:10:46 |
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MOUNTAIN GARCIA, IS CHRONICLE OF FRIENDSHIP
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AND THE WAR IN COBBLE. >> THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR MYERS TAKES A LOOK AT NORTH KOREAN SOCIETY AND THE DOMESTIC PROPAGANDA OF TO WHICH...
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EVENT. >>
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