now, they're not going to go write a novel like marcel prous. but they are functionally litera literate. they are hungry for this knowledge. when you are a man or a woman in afghanistan and you can read, you put a pen in your pocket. and when the graduates of the reading course, again, 200,000 so far, about 70,000 in classes now, when they graduate, we give them a pen to put in their pocket. that is an extraordinary moment to watch a young afghan man or woman take that pen as a symbol of literacy. now, we are also teaching them to fight. that's our job. but we have to take a broader, more comprehensive approach to try and create security, and this is an example of it. next, please. another way in which our security sector is trying to be helpful to diplomacy and development is the use of hospital ships. i could talk quite a long time about this. this was from my three years as the commander of southern command. i was stationed in miami and i was focused on military to military relations throughout latin america and the caribbean. "comfort" sails

now, they're not going to go write a novel like marcel prous.ut they are functionally litera literate. they are hungry for this knowledge. when you are a man or a woman in afghanistan and you can read, you put a pen in your pocket. and when the graduates of the reading course, again, 200,000 so far, about 70,000 in classes now, when they graduate, we give them a pen to put in their pocket. that is an extraordinary moment to watch a