the first book i'm working on is monsoon, which is a book by robert kaplan about the whole issue of central asia, where i think most of the politics over the next 25 years are going to occur. and i have read chapters of it when i have traveled to various parts like indonesia but i want to read the whole book. i haven't finished it. i started in february. another book that was given to me by a fellow in my office from the american academy of mechanical engineers, who worked with me on the whole question of water. and i said to him, tell me, what problems with water are going to be over the next 20 or 30 years? and this book, he gave it to me and he said i want you to read it. i never was able to write a perfect report but it is a good book to read about the whole question of water. and it is an issue than in congress we really do need to think about in the future. george friedman wrote a book called the next 100 years, which is a fascinating book that looks out 100 years and looks at who our major allies will be, those countries that we are involved with that we will have trouble with. when