today. he is hard at work. we regard his efforts as a journalist to be heroic. in the waning months of the bush/cheney junta in american politics, a daily use of policy papers for right ring think tanks began to flood with recommendations that the emerging front in the war on terror was going to be on the continent of africa and with that in mind the united states government formed africa, central command for us military operations in the continent of africa. as obama succeeded to the presidency and in the years since, the united states military has expanded across the entire continent of africa with the largest military presence in our nation's history but this story has almost gone completely unreported. you can search through the database, papers of record, you will find area people about anything having to do with military operations. again, to be clear, the largest military presence we have going. recently, this coast -- so-called war on isis which that the purpose of defense calls inherent resolve, their website says we spent $12.9 million a day fighting that campaign. the dot has their number. they say we spend $174 million a day in afghanistan. that is the aboveground numbers, doesn't have to do with secret operations that only diane feinstein could sign off on the senate intelligence committee. despite all this there has been almost zero attention other than the work of nick on this issue and so i want to congratulate nick and look into this to see what this is about. the late ted jones, one of the titans of international surrealism and among the first generation of the beat generation, frequently lament the lack of interest on the part of black america in the affairs of the african continent. further, in the last month, last year or so of malcolm x, he made it his principal point that the struggle of african-americans within the borders of the united states would not be addressed unless it was elevated to an international human rights issue and this would be achieved through alignment with the struggle taking place on the african continent. martin luther king at the end of his life was also advocating a similar program. with that in mind i urge you to discover this book, tomorrow's battlefield, and follow up on what is happening. 174 million a day can't give you clean water in flint, right? can't give you funding for public schools, can't give you tuition relief but then. $3 million a day to stretch the fight against i still into libya, okay. congratulations to nick and his extraordinary work. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers would here is our prime time lineup. starting at 6:45 eastern, mary aiken examines how the internet impact human behavior.

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