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...Catholic marriage with America. But we are also Muslims-we can have more than one wife." OMAR BAHLAIWA, secretary-general of the Committee for International Trade in Saudi Arabia, on the Saudi commitment to pursuing business with both the U.S. and China...
Meet Jim Oberwetter, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, which is America’s largest oil supplier and a key strategic partner in the war on terror. Mr. Oberwetter had never set foot in the desert kingdom before he became Ambassador two years ago. His resume boasts a stint as chairman of the American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies on behalf of over 400 oil and gas interests in Washington D.C., and work lobbying for the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, but no knowledge of Arabic. More importantly perhaps, his former employer, Hunt Consolidated Oil, gave $250,000 to Bush?...
America’s predilection for lousy ambassadors also has serious practical consequences. The Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, like any other ambassador, is charged with managing America’s trade relationships, maintaining strong ties with the government, and coordinating responses to terrorist threats. And contrary to popular myth, these are not duties that can, or should, be undertaken by lower level, if more experienced, bureaucrats in the embassy. When prime ministers, journalists and police chiefs communicate with an American embassy they want to speak to the person in charge because they know that only one person is directly accountable...
...throughout the world appoint the best people we can get, ambassadors who can speak the language, not merely people who made a political contribution.” Today, in an age of globalization and terrorism, the need is greater than ever. That means having an ambassador to Saudi Arabia who can speak Arabic and explain America’s actions in a hostile region. It means having an ambassador to the United Kingdom who will engage a cynical British public in open debate. More than anything it means taking seriously once more how we select the bearers of the American...
...supported her argument by citing the failure of guest worker programs in Germany and Saudi Arabia, and the excluded minorities—Turks and Filipinos, respectively—they produced...