for example when madeleine albright the u.s. ambassador to the united nations told six minutes at the deaths of half a million iraqi children from the root of embargo were worth it. i wear her words, worth it. imagine that. as they create a the killings when the inevitable retaliation comes, the terrorists hate us for freedom and values. nothing to do with the fact we've killed hundreds of thousands of iraqi children are doing all kinds of horrible things. it's only americans that get angry when innocent people are killed on 9/11, the foreigners hate us for our freedom and values. when the terrorists are asked why they attackthe world trade center in 1983, before 9/11, when they attacked the uss cole, kenya, tanzania embassies there, the statement is consistent because of what your government does and that we are retaliating and that is what ron paul is saying at that point when he said to judy on, the reason they came to kill us is our government has been over there killing them. finally we have to keep the cost to s. with empi

hillary clinton as secretary of state has been former secretary of state madeleine albright has beenhe leader here. so this is something in both parties in and out of politics and government which really does unite the importance of supporting women and not letting them become afterthoughts as we begin to draw down in and stan. >> absolutely. you hit upon an important point that i think is encouraging for americans to hear that there is -- there are certain projects and policies that transition very well from one administration to the next. the u.s. afghan women's council is a great example of that established by president bush in 2002, continued by the obama administration, secretary clinton has hosted our council. members of the administration are a part of the council including an ambassador, the white house just hosted our most recent meeting two weeks ago where ambassador grossman who's now the envoy for afghanistan and pakistan told us this is a very fragile, difficult time. we know that for afghanistan. as we begin to draw down, what thauz that mean for their path to peace and

madeleine albright, i was right next to her, she was like a tank.[laughter] you can't imagine what it feels like to have 1.2 million women behind you pressing on you, and she was like -- nobody was going to displace her. [laughter] employ every medium. the media informs us, and women have a huge opportunity in social media. it can change the world. women are 60% of the social media users. so what are we talking about on social media? where's our tahrir square? it's time. and finally, because this is a book festival, tell your story. and that's how we share these stories, the information from generation to generation. and because women's history isn't really taught very much in school, it's even more important for women with to tell their stories. so i'm wearing my shirt. [laughter] and i want to encourage you all to gather up your power tools and let us use them to help women reach parity because it is important for women, as my friend katie say, not just to have the power to choose, but to choose power. and be i want to -- and i want to close with

this is my mother, my name isn't madeleine albright at well. it's maria korovebelova.he united states in 1948. and my father used to describe the real difference. he said when we were in england, people couldn't have been nicer. they said your country has been taken over by a terrible dictator, you're welcome here, what can we do to help you. but when are you going home? when we came to the united states, people were very, very nice and they said your country has been taken over by a terrible system and you're welcome here, what can we do to help you and when will you become a citizen? >> have you ever committed an offense for which you were not arrested? >> are you now or ever been a member of the communist party? >> no. i'm not a commie. >> have you ever bought or sold marijuana or speed? >> no, ma'am. >> have you ever been a habitual drugger. >> have you ever sold your body for money? >> prostitution? really? do you think he's been involved in prostitution? >> let me present to you 3,340 persons having duly filed applications for naturalization. >> i want to have a