Book signing party to celebrate the release of Caroline Firestone's new book, "Afghanistan in Transition"
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Caroline Firestone, author of "Afghanistan in Transition"
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More than fifty guests turned out Wednesday night to celebrate the release of philanthropist and humanitarian advocate Caroline Firestone's book of photographs and reflections from her time spent working on behalf of women and children in Afghanistan, titled "Afghanistan in Transition."
Held at the Liaison Capitol Hill, the crowd was a blend of diplomatic, military, philanthropic, and political circles. Afghan Ambassador Said Jawad told the group that people who devoted as much effort as Firestone had to his country were affectionately known as "Half-ghans." Rep. Eric Massa (R-N.Y.) said that people like Firestone filled much needed roles that government could not. And Doris Buffett, sister of philanthropist Warren Buffett and a longtime friend of the author's, recalled Firestone's passionate advocacy and unconventional methods.
— Report by Christina Wilkie and photographs by Barbara L. Salisbury
Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.)
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Afghanistan Ambassador Said T. Jawad
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Tim McBride with Covidien, Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, senior vice president and head of government affairs, Americas with Thomson Reuters, and Jeanette Windon with the State Department
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Doris Buffett
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Leslie M. Schweitzer (left), a trustee with The American University
of Afghanistan, talks with Doris Buffett
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Ambassador Ronald Neuman and his wife Elaine
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Gen. George Casey, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, talks
with author Caroline Firestone
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Charlie Ponticelli (left), a member of the U.S. Afghan Women's Council, talks with Arthur E. (Gene) Dewey, former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration
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Eva Weingold Schultz (right), executive director of the U.S. Afghan Women's Council,
talks with Charlie Ponticelli, a member of the organization
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Fran McMahon, publisher of The Hill |
Phyllis Magrab, vice chair of the U.S. Afghan Women's Council, talks with another woman
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Al Eisele, editor-at-large of The Hill, gets photographer Beth Waldafter to sign a copy of the book.
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