President Bush is “not fully informed about the real conditions” in the Middle East, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah said. The Saudi newspaper Okaz quoted the prince, who met with Bush last month in Texas, as saying that the president has “noble qualities.” But he also said, “He is the type of person who sleeps at 9:30 p.m. after watching the domestic news.”
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