US/Va Students Question Tarik Allegany of the Saudi Embassy

Griffen O'Brien, Patrick McWilliams, Maggy Vaughn and Sadaf Ulomi listen as Mr. Alagany responds to questions.

Griffen- Do you think with the development of alternative fuel sources that the US and Saudi Arabia will still remain allies? Answer: Oil accounts for less than half the trade between us. There is a deep-seated friendship between Saudi Arabia and the US.

Patrick- Do you support the overall American policy in the Middle East, that is to promote democracy in places like Saudi Arabia? Answer: Our government is fine the way it is.

Sadaf Ulomi, Ashely Terban and Maggy Vaughn

Maggy: What is being done to expedite the children with US passports out of Saudi Arabia? Answer: We are dealing with it on a case by case basis.

Mike DiSalvo

Karen Villa: If a man came into the Saudi embassy and wanted his children brought to Saudi Arabia, would your embassy enforce Saudi law, which puts the male in charge, or American law? Answer: I think there should be prenuptial agreements to decide these things before hand.

Sumbal Khalil and Muneeza Islam

Sumbal: Do you want the US to attack Iraq? Answer: No, we just want peace.

Kyle Fong with Sung Ho Cho(L). If your nation found out there were nuclear weapons in Iraq, how would your government react? Answer: We would want Saddam to disarm all his nuclear weapons.

Andrew Radder (R) with Patrick McWilliams. If the U.S. attacked Iraq without UN support, would Saudi Arabia support it? Answer: Everything should go through the UN. And if we enforce UN resolutions against Iraq we should enforce them against Israel too.

Kara Savage and Jany Hernandez.

Matt Graybill and Garrett Beck. Garrett: What is your favorite baseball team? Answer: The NY Yankess.

Michelle Packard

Natalie Markin (L) with Ashley Aschenbach Is there anything in the US that you like better than in Saudi Arabia? Answer: I like the sports and entertainment better. And I like the diverse geography.