Over on the home page, Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) chats with NRO:
The senator keeps two well-thumbed bestsellers at his side: Courting Disaster by former White House speechwriter Mark Thiessen, and Power, Faith, and Fantasy by former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. The former is a defense of the Central Intelligence Agency’s handling of terrorists during the past decade, as well as a critique of President Obama; the latter is a comprehensive history of the United States in the Middle East, from the days of George Washington to the present.
“I don’t read fiction,” Rubio chuckles. “I’m just not into it.”
Beyond that pair, Rubio has recently read Decision Points, the autobiography of George W. Bush. Bush’s brother, Jeb, the former Florida governor, is one of Rubio’s mentors. The senator also deeply respects 43. In January, Rubio hired Cesar Conda, a former adviser to Dick Cheney, to be his chief of staff.
“I think history is going to be much kinder to George Bush than his contemporaries have been,” Rubio says. “Maybe this year, as we reach the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it will be a good time to reflect on what the world looks like and the very real challenge we continue to face with terrorism.”
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