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Capitol hill. Representative john garamendi, what was on his reading this . A lot of things, first of all a lot of papers i have to read, various reports, some classified. Ongoing work of the readiness subcommittee which is 290 billion of taxpayer money, that keeps me busy. However theres all the other things i want to read, a lot of history. Right now im working my way through the disagreement between the habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire, 400 years of war and there is a great book called enemy at the gates which details every one of the battles and centers around the siege of vienna. Why do i need that . If you want to understand turkey better understand the history of the Ottoman Empire and the relationships between that and western europe. Also i like to do roman history. I have a book called the death of caesar which deals with that time, the intrigues. Not quite into that kind of political intrigue but it is important to understand what was happening when caesar was assassinated,