Kerry meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister abruptly closed

Politico44 A Living Diary of the Obama Presidency ^ | 4/16/13 | JOSH GERSTEIN

[ColdOne]

A meeting Secretary of State John Kerry held with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal was abruptly closed to press coverage Tuesday morning.

The State Department initially provided no reason for the change, which was announced just 15 minutes before the scheduled 10 A.M. session, but media reports have said that a Saudi national in the U.S. on a student visa is a "person of interest" to investigators probing the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

The person being investigated was badly injured in the attack, sources said.

"Apologies for short notice," the State Department's press office told reporters as it announced the change.

Later Tuesday, at the daily briefing for reporters, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the exclusion of the press from the meeting was due to Kerry's busy schedule.

[Robert357]

The Saudis are not our friends, no matter how much oil they sell us.

They have recently forced us to take sides in a war in Syria they religious fanatics are waging as a proxy war against Iran. Their side (the rebels) has recently formed an alliance with Al-Quada.

And our federal government put their citizens on the “most trusted traveler” list so they would have lighter inspections at our boarders.

[freeangel]

Of course, the picture on facebook with that saudi holding a golden gun after kerry pronounced saudis were afraid to come to the US because of guns had nothing to do with it.