STAGE TUBE: THREE CUPS OF TEA Author Admits to Letting People Down

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In an interview with Tom Brokaw, Greg Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea" said he's grateful to the people who raised allegations that he mishandled money from the charity he created to help build schools for girls in Afghanistan.

He said, "In maybe a strange, ironic way, I'd like to thank CBS and Jon Krakauer because, had they not brought these issues up, we could have gotten into more serious problems."

Check out the interview below!

Greg Mortenson is a co-founder and former executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute as well as the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace. Mortenson is the author or co-author of the New York Times Bestsellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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