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Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea) calls for books, not bombs

February 19, 2009 /

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Schools, not soldiers, are what the United States should be building up in Afghanistan, says Greg Mortenson http://matr.net/click.php?id=1383&url=https://www.ikat.org/ , the Bozeman author famous for his grassroots efforts to build village schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

“There is no military solution in Afghanistan,” Mortenson told an audience of nearly 200 Tuesday night at the Museum of the Rockies, during a celebration for Headwaters Academy, a private Bozeman middle school.

By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle Staff Writer

Full Story: http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/50headwaters%20academy.txt

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