Saudi Arabia, President Obama, And Twitter

Fair point. Saudi Press Agency? "0007_frj: @cbudoffbrown @AzizAlAlami 😕?????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/lspKz8NNJY”
— Carrie Budoff Brown (@cbudoffbrown) March 29, 2014

My Arabian Night: How An Obama Pool Stop Went Viral -- Carrie Budoff Brown , Politico

I didn’t set out to become Twitter famous in Saudi Arabia.

As a senior White House reporter for POLITICO, I’ve traveled all over the country and the world with President Barack Obama, touching down in Air Force One on one unremarkable tarmac after another to record his arrival. I seldom find them noteworthy — and, as an infrequent tweeter, rarely ever share-worthy.

But Riyadh was different. A stunning display of Saudi guards awaited Obama at the airport Friday in perfect formation, swords in hand and scarves on their head. So I did something I don’t normally do: I tweeted the photos.

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WNU Editor: This reminds me of the Soviet Union. When the barriers started to break .... down the hunger for news and world information was insatiable. Carrie Budoff Brown's Twitter feed is here.