A group of Pentagon advisers was reportedly told that the United States should regard Saudi Arabia as an enemy state that supports terrorism. Sources familiar with the July 10 briefing confirmed a Washington Post report that members of the independent Rand Corporation urged the Defense Policy Board to have the United States press Saudi officials to stop funding Islamic terrorist groups around the world.
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