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Saudi Ministry of Labor, Human Resources Development Fund to Sponsor Post-Doc at Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- October 25,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor and the Saudi Human Resources Development Fund will sponsor a one-year postdoctoral study at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, according to an announcement submitted to SUSTG. The purpose of the sponsorship is to better understand the Saudi labor market. The accepted applicant will train as a research fellow at […]
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Meet Joseph W. Westphal, the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- October 22,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Army Under Secretary Joseph W. Westphal, the second-highest ranking Army civilian, is the front-runner to be the next U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, according to a report. Al Kamen, who last week reported that outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James. B. Smith is slated to join the Cohen Group, confirms in the Washington Post that Westphal is […]
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The Remarkable Photos of SUSTG Student Ambassador Khalid Habash Show A Unique Perspective of the U.S.-Saudi Forum
- October 20,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
An ‘original’ student volunteer from the first U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Chicago in 2010, Khalid Habash is a master with the camera, an excellent communicator and always willing to help. So, when SUSTG began its selection process to identify 15 top-flight Saudi students to be founding members of our Student Ambassadors Program, Khalid was […]
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Photo Essay: U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles
- October 15,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Last week, SUSTG featured an initial round of images from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum hosted in Los Angeles last month. This photo essay feature 100+ more images from the Forum. CLICK HERE to Check Out More Photos from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles >>
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Steve Clemons Interviews Defense Secretary Hagel: ‘Still Sergeant Hagel After All These Years’
- October 12,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Steve Clemons, Washington Editor-at-Large of the growing online magazine The Atlantic, has a wide-ranging exclusive interview with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel seven months after he replaced Robert Gibbs at the Pentagon. The interview provides valuable insight into the office of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary Hagel himself. When asked by Clemons about the strategic […]
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RUH -> LAX: Saudia Expands Nonstop Portfolio to Los Angeles, California
- October 10,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, announced recently that it would begin nonstop flights from Los Angeles, California to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, starting in April 2014. The announcement was advertised to attendees of the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, where Saudia had a physical presence to make the attendees aware of the […]
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Social Media: Connecting U.S.-Saudi Forum Attendees, Speakers, and Followers Around the World
- October 2,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Social media played a key role in connecting the speakers, attendees, and followers worldwide during the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum presented in Los Angeles September 16-18, 2013. The Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG), in coordination with the top-flight Saudi members of the SUSTG’s Student Ambassador Program, organized this social media effort across all major platforms, including […]
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U.S. Commerce Secretary: Saudi Economy at an ‘Exciting moment as it moves to a more knowledge-based economy’ – VIDEO
- September 23,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
In her keynote address to the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, the Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, noted that the United States and Saudi Arabia have a strong trade and investment relationship which has tripled in the last decade. The more than 1,100 private sector and government leaders from both the […]
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More Photos: The U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California
- September 21,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
The U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum concluded on Wednesday, September 18th, with over 1,100 businessmen and government leaders from the United States and Saudi Arabia meeting at the J.W. Marriott L.A. LIVE to build commercial relationships between the two countries. SUSTG is a primary organizer of this Forum, the third in a series that includes events […]
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PHOTOS: A first look at photos from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles
- September 19,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
The U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles concluded here yesterday with over 1,100 attendees. Participating companies and officials from both the United States and Saudi Arabia gathered to network with new opportunities and to listen to keynotes, plenary discussions and breakout sessions covering numerous sectors that are key to building and sustaining lasting business […]
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Iran Is a Daily Threat as U.S. Dominance Wanes, General Says
Iranian-aided Houthi forces in Yemen have launched more than 150 ballistic missile, land-attack cruise missile and drone attacks against military, infrastructure and civilian targets in Saudi Arabia since January, the head of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie, said in written testimony to the House Armed Services Committee.
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Battle for Yemen’s Marib scrambles U.S. push for truce
The battle for Yemen’s gas-rich Marib region is complicating U.S. efforts to reach a ceasefire needed to end a six-year-old war and secure a foreign policy win for President Joe Biden, two sources familiar with the talks and a diplomat said.
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U.S. intelligence expects a stormy year in the Middle East
Iran “will take risks that could escalate tensions and threaten U.S. and allied interests in the coming year,” but will attempt to avoid a direct conflict due to concerns about the U.S. response. Sparring between Iran and rivals in the region will continue.
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Oil Drops Below $63 After Jumping on Stellar U.S. Demand Data
Oil eased, cooling some of a rally that pushed prices up by almost 5% on Wednesday. Futures in New York traded near $63 a barrel on the back of the longest run of gains in more than a month.
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Shale CEO Warns of OPEC+ Price War if U.S. Oil Production Surges
U.S. shale producers risk another oil-price war with OPEC and its allies if they resume the breakneck production growth of the last decade, according to Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Shale, and not the pandemic, was responsible for the initial oil-market crash of 2020, Chief Executive Officer Scott Sheffield said at BloombergNEF’s annual summit. The cartel, frustrated at U.S. producers’ success in taking market share from OPEC, allowed prices to tumble, he said.
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Biden to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021
Officially, there are 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, although the number fluctuates and is currently about 1,000 more than that. There are also up to an additional 7,000 foreign forces in the coalition there, the majority of them NATO troops.
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G20 finance officials to meet on pandemic measures, U.S. global minimum tax plan
Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies are poised to back a $650 billion boost in the IMF’s emergency reserves on Wednesday and extend a freeze on debt payments as part of an effort to help developing countries still struggling to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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U.S. Says Concerned Over Sentence for Saudi Aid Worker Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan
It’s unclear what charges Al-Sadhan faced, but his sister said she believes he was detained over an anonymous Twitter account he operated that was critical of the Saudi government. He’d been held incommunicado for nearly two years, she said. “We will continue to monitor this case closely throughout any appeals process,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “As we have said to Saudi officials at all levels, freedom of expression should never be a punishable offense.”
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Progress for U.S. Beef Access in Saudi Arabia, but Obstacles Remain
In 2011, U.S. beef exports to Saudi Arabia topped 6,600 metric tons valued at nearly $32 million, while last year exports were just 1,127 metric tons valued at under $10 million. In 2019, even before COVID-19 restrictions impacted Saudi Arabia’s restaurant sector, exports had only recovered to 1,539 metric tons valued at $14.3 million.
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U.S. Navy carrier strike group passes through Suez Canal
The weekend north-to-south passage from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea involved the aircraft carrier and three escort ships in its carrier strike group, the Navy said in a press release.
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