Foreign Policy Drops Partisanship for a Day, at Least
Is this the start of more bipartisan foreign policy engagement, or an only-in-Saudi-Arabia performance?
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Condoleezza Rice. Stephen Hadley. Fran Townsend. Brent Scowcroft. James Baker. It's an understatement to say these are names not usually associated with President Barack Obama.
Still, when it came time to put together the U.S. delegation that is visiting Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to offer condolences on the death of King Abdullah, the White House reached well outside its comfort zone to reflect the bipartisan nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship over decades, tapping past national security advisers and secretaries of state from Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush (plus Sandy Berger, from Democratic President Bill Clinton's administration) to join Obama on the visit.