[applause] >> nearest to me is doug stanton. he is the author of two new york times best seller is, in harm's way:the thinking of the uss indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors "horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afghanistan". his writing has appeared in esquire, washington post lead to an all-time and other national publications. he is a founder of the national writers series. a book festival bringing great conversations to life with america's greatest writers. he is considered to be one of our country's top tier book events that takes place in michigan. his recent book "horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afghanistan" spend three months on the best-seller list and was named 2009 notable book by the new york times. "matterhorn: a novel of the vietnam war" doug stanton lives and writes in michigan. so our topic today is the uncertain future in afghanistan. "an uncertain future in afghanistan: assessing

[applause] and finally nears to me here is doug stanton. doug is the author of two "new york times" bestsellers "in harm's way" and the sinking of the uss indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors and more recently "horse soldiers," the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afghanistan. his writing has appeared in esquire, then our times, the "washington post," time and other national publications. he is the founder of the national writers series, a book festival bringing great conversations to life in with the erica's greatest writers consider by editors and readers to be one of the country's countries top tier book events that takes place in michigan. stanton's recent book horse soldier spent more than three years on the hour times bustle reston named the 2009 notable book by "the new york times". stanton lives and writes in michigan. welcome, doug. [applause] our topic today is the uncertain future in afghanistan assessing the conflict 10 years later. it is worth pointing out now that the u.

[applause] >> and finally nearest to me here is doug stanton. doug is the author of two new times bestsellers, "in harm's way: the sinking of the uss indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors," and the extraordinary story of the survivors. and "horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afghanistan." his writings have appeared in esquire, "the new york times," the "washington post," and other national publications. he's a founder of the national writers series, the book festival bring great conversations to life of america's greatest writers. his recent book "horse soldiers" spent more than three months on the new times bestsellers work. he lives and writes in michigan. welcome, doug. [applause] >> so our topic today is the uncertain future in afghanistan, assessing the conflict 10 years later. it's worth pointing out now the u.s. has been present with its military in afghanistan longer than the soviet union did in 1989. i think it's reflective of this. there was a moment to your or s