There seems to be an attitude at the State department that they are foreign government's representative with the U.S.
"State Department protecting Saudis" - just the usual daily practice by the Froggy Bottom Defartment for at least the last 32 years. Afraid they might "offend" the oil-rich jihadists!
This hearing was supposed to be on CSPAN3 but when I looked for it on the net, they had something else on. :))
If we actually have to ask ourselves the question, that should be a very large hint - they are not our friends. Why are we wasting money on this?
[Quote] "In 1995, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, was Robert D. Kaplans The Arabists. It is a fascinating and insightful account of how the State Department of the United States government became, and remains, pro-Arab...."