and sunday afternoon at 6:00, historian hetrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the courthouse in virginia, the site of a confederate surrender on april 9, 1865. rula ghani: is the first lady of again a stamp. her husband assumed the presidency in 2014. she recently shared her views on women in afghanistan humanitarian aid and prospects of peace for country. this is one hour. kathleen: good evening everyone. i rented the national security and in the henry kissinger chair here at ncis. we are here on ash wednesday, so i have not misapplied my makeup. [laughter] thank you also for braving the cold weather we have had in washington. more cold is going to come, i think, while we are here. but i hope you will be warmed by the conversation we have brought your tonight. i want to thank in particular the city, without whom we could not put on this event this evening. for "smart women smart power" we had put up our twitter and are broadcasting this live the a webcast. and it is my pleasure to introduce our two speakers, most important lead the first lady of afghanistan, rula ghani. as a native of l