January 14, 2002ROCKEFELLER VISITS WITH HUNTINGTON NATIVE STATIONED IN SAUDI ARABIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) visited with several West Virginia soldiers stationed at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia last week during an official diplomatic trip to the region.
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2002/pr011402.html
January 14, 2002ROCKEFELLER VISITS WITH SPENCER NATIVE STATIONED IN SAUDI ARABIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) visited with several West Virginia soldiers stationed at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia last week during an official diplomatic trip to the region. Among the soldiers, Rockefeller met with Spencer native Petty Officer, First Class Joseph Whited, of the U.S. Navy.
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2002/pr011402b.html
January 5, 2001
Senator Rockefeller visits JordanSenator John (Jay) Rockefeller IV (Democrat-West Virginia) arrives in Amman in the afternoon of Saturday January 5 for a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with a number of Jordanian officials.
Senator Rockefeller serves on a number of Senate committees such as the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (Chairman), the Health Care Subcommittee on Finance (Chairman), the Aviation Subcommittee on Commerce (Chairman), the Science and Trade Committee, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Senator Rockefeller has devoted all his life to public service in the mining state of West Virginia, first as a voluntary community worker, then as Governor for eight years, and as Senator for the past 16 years. He spearheaded West Virginias drive [congratulatory blah blah blah snipped]
http://usembassy-amman.org.jo ... 01Rocke.html
Al-Assad confers with US Senator
Syria-USA, Politics, 1/8/2002Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus al-Shaab palace on Monday received the US senator J. Rockefeller and members of the accompanying delegation.
The meeting was attended by the deputy premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf.
Discussions dealt with results implied by the incidents of September 11, 2001 in the US at the regional and international levels.
The President stressed that fighting terrorism should be based on analyzing reasons behind it, noting that the already debated concept of terrorism is a terrorism which is too far from Islamic values.
He explained that Syria's ancient history shows commitment of its peoples to divine religions. A matter which restores Syria's stability.
Senator Rockefeller expressed happiness to meet with President Bashar al-Assad. He said he feels content after talking to President Bashar al-Assad not only about Syria but about the ME region as a whole.
Senator Rockefeller also stressed the need of deeper understanding of the Arab culture and civilization and of Muslims.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020108/2002010817.html
Saudi crown prince confers with US senator
Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 1/10/2002The Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on late Tuesday night in al-Riyadh met with a US Senate delegation led by Senator John Rockefeller.
US diplomatic sources said that the members of the delegation discussed with Saudi Arabia's crown prince ME peace process developments and other conditions at the regional and international levels and relations between Saudi Arabia and the US.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020110/2002011008.html
Al-Assad confers with the US Senate delegation [No Rockefeller]
Syria-USA, Politics, 1/9/2002Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus al-Shaab palace on Tuesday received W Owens and members of the US Senate: Richard Durban, David Price and Jim Dives and members of their accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Premier and foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the US ambassador in Damascus Theodore Qattouf. Discussions dealt with the reflections of September11 incidents at the US on various regional and international issues.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020109/2002010919.html
And then we wonder why there were no WMD in Iraq...
Durban.. Dick Durbin.
David Price:
Kerry and the Iran Surrender Caucus need to get their stories straight
5/15/2015, 4:47:50 PM · by Dave346 · 9 replies
Jerusalem Post ^ | 05/14/2015 - 4:02 PM EDT | JOHNATHAN GREENBERG
One hundred and fifty members of Congress all Democrats and, among them, most of the small group of bitterly anti-Israel lawmakers signed a letter supporting President Obamas diplomatic efforts vis-à-vis the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Authored by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (Illinois), Lloyd Doggett (Texas), and David Price (North Carolina), the letter exemplifies the hyper-partisanship that has driven the left wing of the Democrat party on this issue even as that wing has cried partisan extremism at the responses from Republicans. As if trying to prove Churchill right, this Iran Surrender Caucus, whenever presented with a choice between dishonor...