Feed Editor (Unlicensed) 1 Mar 2007 05:23:52 GMT President George Bush and former President Bill Clinton have at least one thing in common, according to Washington insiders: a penchant for reading the action thrillers penned by veteran suspense author David Alexander. His new adventure novel, USMC (published by Jove) was reportedly the subject of a lively discussion at a New York fundraiser banquet earlier this week when both Bush and Clinton showed up carrying copies of Alexander's new war novel. http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com/bush_and_clinton_read_alexander.xml (C) 2007 Affiliated News Services defense@xmail.net Literature, military affairs, government, war fiction, books en-us defense@xmail.net http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com/usmc_cov.jpg http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com/bush_and_clinton_read_alexander.xml Cover of action-adventure thriller. Affiliated News Services President George Bush and former President Bill Clinton have at least one thing in common, according to Washington insiders: a penchant for reading the action thrillers penned by veteran suspense author David Alexander. His new adventure novel, USMC (published by Jove) was reportedly the subject of a lively discussion at a New York fundraiser banquet earlier this week when both Bush and Clinton showed up carrying copies of Alexander's new book. As surprised as each was at discovering that the other was a fan of the author, the two presidents were united in praise for Alexander's action-packed novels. Their excitement led to a discussion of USMC that took place during a break in the ceremonies. Clinton reportedly stated that he believed that Bush should have acted according to the fictitious war plans devised by Alexander in his previous military thrillers featuring the special warfare brigade Marine Force One. Bush was heard to counter that had Clinton read earlier thrillers by Alexander, and had he based his administration's strategies on them, then Osama bin Laden would have never grown to become the global terrorist threat he later turned into. As has happened in the past, the two leaders agreed to disagree and returned to reading their copies of Alexander's just-published USMC for the rest of the break. Bush reportedly had the last word, though; he was said to have used excerpts from USMC in a speech, declaring that the U.S. military might opt to put Alexander's ideas into action in the fight against global terrorism and in reshasping America's defense establishment. Unconfirmed reports also have it that, like his U.S. counterparts, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is an avid Alexander enthusiast. 1 Mar 2007 05:23:52 GMT http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com/bush_and_clinton_read_alexander.xml defense@xmail.net Literature, books, military affairs, world politics http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com