It has also worked out contracts with Uncle Sam to fly U.S. employees in from Dubai.

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In mid-June, as the White House was drafting the President's Middle East policy speech, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met with Bush and handed him a letter from his uncle Abdullah urging the U.S. to promote a "clear vision" in the speech, including geographical boundaries and a timetable for Palestinian statehood.

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It is one of a tiny minority of U.S. schools that decline Uncle Sam's dollars.

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