Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11

by Steve Fiffer (Author), James A. Baker III (Author), Robert W Jordan (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2015

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  In the spring of 2001, Robert Jordan was a Dallas attorney whom George Bush wanted for the ambassadorship in Saudi Arabia. Not yet confirmed on 9/11, Jordan's nomination sped through Congress for approval and he found himself on the ground in the Kingdom by early October. Jordan had no prior diplomatic experience-Saudi Arabia mandates that the U.S.