Author Discusses How Afghan President Hamid Karzai Came to Power
13 May 2010
Best-selling and award winning author Eric Blehm discusses his latest book, The Only Thing Worth Dying For, and the shocking truth on how Hamid Karzai came to power as the interim leader and then president of Afghanistan, as told to Blehm from members of the first Green Beret team to fight in southern Afghanistan after 9/11.
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