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Wonder what the Presidential candidates are reading during the homestretch of the campaign? Today's New York Times takes a look at the final days of the Obama campaign and reveals the Presidential hopeful's book of the moment.

"In the last days on the trail, he is finishing Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the C.I.A., Afghanistan and Bin Laden, and taking an occasional glance at US Weekly. He reads at least two newspapers a day, vigilantly checks his BlackBerry for updates on early voting tallies and browses briefing books."

—New York Times, For the complete article click here.

Steve Coll won the 2005 Pulitzer for Ghost Wars, a startling, in-depth look at the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill Bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998. For more information on Ghost Wars read an excerpt here.

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