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Sailor by day, math teacher, Washington defense analyst, technical consultant in Saudi Arabia, and writer for the Dukakis campaign by night...
...math teacher in the Boston public schools during the first year of desegregation, a Washington defense analyst on B-52s and cruise missiles, a technical consultant for power and desalination plants in Saudi Arabia, and a writer for Michael Dukakis’ presidential campaign...
...particular, Syria and Saudi Arabia have long been on opposite sides of a deep rift in the Arab world, pitting those countries that are allied with the U.S. - including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt - against those countries and militant groups such as Syria, Hamas and Hizballah, which have opposed American power in the region and are at war with Israel. That rivalry deepened after the assassination of Hariri, who was Riyadh's main ally in Beirut, and got personal during the 2006 war in Lebanon, when Assad implied that the King and other Arab leaders who had criticized the Hizballah...
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia doesn't usually travel light. An official visit from the 86-year-old monarch typically involves an entourage large enough to fill at least five jet airliners and includes a mobile medical clinic, a handful of his four wives and 22 children, and an ample selection of senior royal advisers and cabinet ministers...
...hosted a growing number of heads of state and world leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who have sought Syria's cooperation in settling many of the region's seemingly intractable disputes. (See pictures of President Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia...