CSPAN2 Book TV February 24, 2013
A reporter on Foreign Editor talking to saudi officials about oil, iraq, iran, arabisraeli, u. S. Saudi, so geopolitical issues. And when i retired from the journal in 2006, the one thing i was really interested in doing with my newfound time was trying to understand saudi society. How did saudis look at each other, what was the society like, how do they look at the rulers. How do they look at us . And as i speak about saudi arabia, everyone constantly asks me, why did you do that . Why did you spend five years month after month going there . Dressed in my long black my editor asked me that ac...