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about these three women is how different they are from one another, and it's a little startling to get back negative never would've been friends except for the fact that they deployed together. michelle is the youngest of the three women, and she's very unusual i think as a soldier in that she describes itself as a left-leaning pot smoking hippie to me. so she was 18 when she enlisted. it was the spring of 2001, and all she wanted was college tuition, she was certain she never wanted to be a soldier but she thought she would join the national guard and a part-time soldier just for that college tuition benefit. she wasn't sure she would never go to war because she knew the national guard just did not the point. she felt quite sure of that. and then, of course, when she was in training, 9/11 happened

and she did understand right away that maybe the commitment should made was going to be much bigger than what she'd been envisioning. when she goes overseas in afghanistan she becomes very close to two other women, and their political voice are in some cases the opposite of hers. so in the fall before michelle enlisted back in 2000 she had voted for not al gore and not george bush, but ralph nader. so she's pretty sure nobody else in her guard unit who was a ralph nader supporter like she was. a woman she's sharing a table to become became her best friend during the deployment, desma brooks i mentioned, she had voted for bush in that election, and then during the daytime michelle is working with an older woman, the oldest woman and her national guard you know, debbie hamilton. debbie didn't vote in the election at all because she doesn't trust politicians, does

much of anything to do with politics whatsoever. so yet another point of view that's very different than the shelves. debbie was not originally chosen to go on the deployment and she was terribly upset. michelle would've done anything not to go, but debbie argued her way onto the deployment because her father had been in the army. should always wanted to serve her country overseas. to her it was the most awful moment of her life was when they said yes, you may go on this department. she worked as a beautician and a beauty salon back in indiana when she was not in the national guard, and she found the idea putting on a uniform everyday and serving her country far more exciting and fulfilling and closer to her dream really done the work she was in a beauty salon. so even when it got to the question of how do they feel

about going on a deployment or did they support the war or not, these women were on totally different sides in terms of their feelings. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> presidential candidates often release books to introduce themselves to voters and to promote their views on issues. if you look at some books written by declared candidates for president.

>> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer spent reading this summer spill, and a lot of bills and legislation. really cuts into my time for pleasure reading. i started couple books, "decision points," and also the eisenhower biography. i'm a double to make it through either one of those yet. i have recently finished a great book called "fearless," one of

the things i really like about the book is it's about a young man from my home town of hot springs, arkansas, a navy seal team six guy, a sniper who basically had his eye damage and retrain with his non-dom and i. it's a great story about not only about a war hero but about somebody who overcame some personal tragedies and some addictions in his life, and a real success story and motivational story. fortunatelystory. story. he was on his last mission and left a widow and two small children behind. it's a great book i highly recommend i've been tol told it would emit into the movie and i can't wait to see that. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading this summer. tweet us @booktv or post it on a facebook page facebook.com/booktv.

>> next, a program from busboys and poets in washington, d.c. .. >> i don't want to say much so, ladies and gentlemen, please help we welcome jessica jackley. [inaudible conversations] [applause]