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Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 11:00 AM EDT
Does Saudi Arabia Matter?
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The Saudi Government met with Washington today. Riyadh wants to declassify the redacted sections of Congress’s 9-11 report. But why? Is it time to save or sever U.S. relations with the world’s number one oil producing nation?

Guests:

Victor Davis Hanson, author of “Our Enemies, the Saudis” in Commentary Magazine

Thomas Lippman, adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute,former Middle East correspondent for the Washington Post, author of the upcoming book, “Inside the Mirage”

 
 

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