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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/politics/trump-john-abizaid-saudi-arabia.html
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Gen. John P. Abizaid, a retired commander of forces in the Middle East, as his new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a position that has taken on new sensitivity with the assassination of a Saudi journalist.
The selection, if confirmed by the Senate, will finally give the president a representative of his own in Riyadh at a time when the relationship with Washington has grown strained over the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who lived in the United States and wrote for The Washington Post.
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At last a coherent decision from the WH. Abizaid speaks fluent Arabic & has spent years in the Middle East. We need someone with his background in SA at this time. I think this was a good move.
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Gen. John P. Abizaid, a retired commander of forces in the Middle East, as his new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a position that has taken on new sensitivity with the assassination of a Saudi journalist.
The selection, if confirmed by the Senate, will finally give the president a representative of his own in Riyadh at a time when the relationship with Washington has grown strained over the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who lived in the United States and wrote for The Washington Post.
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At last a coherent decision from the WH. Abizaid speaks fluent Arabic & has spent years in the Middle East. We need someone with his background in SA at this time. I think this was a good move.