Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
I just finished Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton. It describes the arrival of the first Special Forces troops in northern Afghanistan and how they worked with the CIA agents already there to defeat the Taliban. It reads like a sequel to First In by Gary Schroen, the story of the CIA agents who arrived in Afghanistan in the two weeks following 9-11.
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Tuesday's victory by Deb Fischer, who had the endorsement of Sarah Palin in the Nebraska GOP Senate primary, is an upset. But Fischer may in fact be the strongest Republican to run against Democrat Bob Kerrey, analysts say.
Let me know about a good book you've read recently, or about the book that's currently on your bedside table. Why did you pick it up? Are you enjoying it?
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Mario Morino of Morino Ventures LLC, photographed in Rocky River, OH on Friday April 20, 2012.
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