Tweeting with a pile of Saudi money

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Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud was in town yesterday, hosting a gala with former President Jimmy Carter on intercultural understanding. Bin Talal has invested millions of dollars in American academic institutions including Harvard University to promote Middle Eastern and Muslim studies. Not a bad idea since Americans first heard of him when former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani sharply rejected the prince’s contributions to a 9/11 memorial fund on the grounds that it was from Saudi Arabia

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