Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea) inspires Bozeman, Montana students

Greg Mortenson is a man who keeps his word.

Mortenson, 51, was not feeling well Wednesday, but that didn’t stop him from keeping his promise to speak to 5,500 Bozeman students about his life’s work — building schools for children in the poorest, most remote and dangerous areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

“All of us can make a difference,” Mortenson told thousands of elementary and middle-school students at Montana State University’s Fieldhouse. “I know you’re going to go out and change the world.”

Mortenson lives in Bozeman and is a hero to many people across the country because of his bestselling book “Three Cups of Tea,” http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ which chronicled his dogged efforts to “build peace, one school at a time.”

By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle Staff Writer

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Mortenson urges U.S. to keep commitment to rebuild Afghanistan

By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle Staff Writer

As U.S. leaders debate whether to send 40,000 more troops to war in Afghanistan or pull out, Greg Mortenson says America shouldn’t abandon its commitment to help the people build better lives.

“After 9/11, we voted for war. We made a promise to the Afghan people,” Mortenson said Wednesday night, speaking to a crowd of about 2,000 community members at Montana State University’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The crowd stood to applaud and honor Mortenson when he was introduced.

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