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Laura Bush: 'You Can't Neglect Millions'
This year's college graduates are faced with problems that lie beyond the nation's borders, because disasters elsewhere can't be ignored in a world so interconnected, first lady Laura Bush said Saturday. "You can't neglect millions of people around the world living under tyranny," Bush said, mentioning the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, during her address to 900 graduates of Roger Williams University. She also pointed to the challenges posed by the tsunami in Southeast Asia. "With your dedication to others, you'll always have a big impact on the world, and you'll find happiness along the way," she said. [Editor's Note: Get Ron Kessler's book, "Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady," with free offer.
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The first lady spoke of a program that provides college scholarships to Afghan women, created after U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Paula Nirschel, wife of Roger Williams' president Roy Nirschel, started the program in 2002. This year, six Afghan women are the first to graduate from the program, including the three from Roger Williams - Nadima Sahar, Arezo Kohistani and Mahbooba Babrakzai.
"Someday the world will know these women as accomplished Afghan leaders, but today the Roger Williams class of 2006 knows them as classmates, teammates, roommates and friends," Bush said. "What they learn about America from you will help build a lasting friendship between the people of United States and Afghanistan," she said.
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