i'm just a high school student. >> reporter: later in her life, chelan had run-ins with the law.rience with cosby changed the course of her life. >> i hate that i met him. my life changed when i met him for the worse. you know, i've got a piece of my soul back, but it took a long time. >> the really big bucks are in show business. bill cosby is the biggest, an estimated $57 million this year. >> reporter: by the late 1980s, cosby was a powerhouse brand. "forbes" magazine rates him the highest paid celebrity in america, making millions from television commercials, stand-up shows and best-selling books. >> bill cosby was a titan in 1989. >> we were contacted by a mr. krauss. >> reporter: that year, a 23-year-old eden tirl was cast as a police officer on an episode of "the cosby show." she claims she was singled out and called to cosby's dressing room where she was harassed. >> he closed the door and locked it behind him, pulled me into his body, squeezed me tight, nuzzled my neck and said, "see, this is making love. we're just going to make love. this is it." i cannot imagine that

my name is mark chelan, director of programs and government relations at the middle east institute.we are pleased to welcome you all to today's discussion under the title political and security crisis in afghanistan, the future of the national unity government. we are gratified by the turnabout, also an immediate interest today. thank you very much for being here. if you see empty seats, to either side of you in either centers please feel free to move in a way from the isles where we always have late arrivals and would like to accommodate everybody in seats. there are quite a few open here to my right. this is an event in the middle east institutes lewis r hughes lecture series. we are very grateful to mister hughes, a member of mdis boyd of governors for his generous support of our programming on policy issues in afghanistan. the issue today, you will be hearing about the sustainability and legitimacy of afghanistan's national unity government, an issue that has been very much in the news and has powerful implications for among other things the future of us and coalition military e