Bono, 'Beast' At Peace; Inaugural Hero Summit Kicks-Off

Bono, Tina Brown and Adm. William McRaven, who lead the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound (Photo: Scott Henrichsen).

NORTHWEST -- The Joshua Tree might as well have been an olive branch on Wednesday evening, as the first annual Hero Summit kicked-off with a private dinner attended by U2 frontman Bono, media mogul Barry Diller, and Admiral William McRaven, among other celebrity guests.

Newsweek & The Daily Beast EIC Tina Brown (Photo: Scott Henrichsen)
Bernard-Henri Levy, Barry Diller and Daphne Guinness (Photo: Scott Henrichsen)
Hosted by Newsweek and The Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown, the by-invitation-only self-described ‘theatrical-journalism’ event featured powerful stories from active and retired members of the U.S. military, as well as from activists and writers who have written about moral and physical courage under fire.

Barry Diller and Charlie Rose (Photo: Scott Henrichsen)
Accordingly, the night’s agenda meshed well with the summit’s mission to explore courage and character, as well as support and honor some of the nation’s heroes.

Jennifer Beals and Martha Raddatz (Photo: Scott Henrichsen)
Everyone from Madeleine Albright to Kael Weston will have spoken at this year’s event by the time it concludes today and which will also count military veterans, diplomats, war reporters, policy makers, artists, thinkers, and veteran entrepreneurs as participants.

Charlie Rose interviews Adm. William McRaven (Photo: Scott Henrichsen)
From courage under fire to courage under symbols of peace…