ms. pierce as well, thank you very much. >> okay. thanks a lot. : >> shoshana johnson recalled her 22 days as an american prisoner of war with fellow soldier jessica lynch. at the onset of operation iraqi freedom in march of 2003. shea details her return to the united states and her difficulties with post-traumatic stress disorder. bournes' and noble booksellers oppose this event. >> when i first started doing this book signing and things like that i was under the impression you came up behind the book. i was asked to speak a little bit and that was a deer in the headlines. it is nonfiction, what do i do? hello? then we take q&a for 20 minutes. most of that i kind of know. i don't know what you can ask me, born in panama, my parents came to the united states and immigrated to the united states in 1978. my dad joined the military. it was a wonderful experience. a different culture, it helped me become a better person. i graduated from high school and decided -- i went to you talk. didn't do that good. i have lots of fun. the grades we

ms. pierce as well. >> thanks a lot. >>> the new c-span video library is a digital archive of c-span programming. from barack obama to ronald reagan and everyone in between. over 157,000 hours of c-span's yo now available to you. it's fast and free. try it out at c-spanvideo.org. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton begins a week-long trip to latin america this weekend to meet with the region's leaders on several multilateral issues. the assistant secretary of state for the western hemisphere affairs talked about the trip with reporters at this half-hour briefing. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody very happy to have with us today secretary arturo venezuela was when to walk us through the trip to latin america. you know she will be traveling to chile, brazil, costa rica and guatemala. again from february 28 to march march 5th and without further ado i will turn it over to the assistant secretary valenzuela. >> good morning. yes, we are delighted that the secretary will be traveling this week to southern cone and into central america. as you know, last year the secretary did t