Richard Blumenthal actually said...

They are trying to create that image so that as policymakers go about their work, there is an obfuscation about what Saudi Arabia is really ...

The parallel has been drawn to China and Russia.

And when we simply do economic or political interests, sometimes it's very shortsighted, and we wander into a geopolitical swamp and quicksa...

the record will reflect that at least two of the witnesses are nodding in approval about greater transparency from our own government.