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Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, appeared on CNN's The Situation Room, "Bush Visits Saudi Arabia."
WOLF BLITZER, HOST: To our viewers, you're in THE SITUATION ROOM. Happening now, President Bush makes his first visit to Saudi Arabia and brings a pricey gift — a promise to sell $20 billion in very high tech weaponry.
Is that a message to Iran?
JON ALTERMAN, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: People look at the Saudis and they see what the Saudis are doing in terms of supporting groups and dialoguing and supporting an Islamization, and, in some cases, radicalization through the Arab world, through Muslim communities, and say why would we want to support that government?
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