Jacobs received $10,489 worth of transportation expenses, $878.94 in lodging, and free meals worth approximately $500.
In January, she succeeded Susan Davis, one of the top free foreign travelers in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now fellow Democrat Sara Jacobs has wasted no time taking her first gratis international journey, courtesy of the United States-Qatar Business Council.
The wealthy Qualcomm heiress, elected last November, received $10,489 worth of transportation expenses, $878.94 in lodging, and free meals worth approximately $500, per her post-travel disclosure, filed April 18.
Departing San Diego for Qatar on March 29 and returning April 3, Jacobs was set to be treated to a posh stay at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Downtown Doha, which the disclosure says is in close proximity to the meeting locations and easy access.
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Unless Tehran transforms its foreign policy, any rapprochement will be marginal, experts say
Significant improvement in the relationship between Riyadh and Tehran remains a distant possibility, despite a change in approach by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toward Iran and clandestine meetings between the rival nations’ representatives in Iraq, analysts say.
Appearing on Saudi television on Tuesday, Prince Mohammed, commonly known as MbS, did, however, take a different approach than in the past.
“In the end, Iran is a neighboring country; we all aspire to establish a good and distinguished relationship with Iran,” he said.
The interview falls in the context of unpublicized meetings between Saudi Arabia and Iran in Iraq, which began on April 9, according to the Financial Times.
Examining the legacy of one of the biggest social and political movements ever experienced in the Middle East.
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The Arab Spring brought about lasting transformations across the Middle East, radically altering the political and socio-economic fabric of the region.
Sparking into life in Tunisia with the ‘Jasmine Revolution’, a series of protests calling for greater social freedoms quickly spread across the rest of the region in 2011, to Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Libya, and Bahrain among others.
While some grassroots campaigns, such as in Tunisia and Egypt, forced significant changes domestically, other descended into chaos and civil war, like those in Libya, Syria and Yemen.
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Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury urged to turn down £100m Saudi Arabia deal by Jamal Khashoggi s widow
Exclusive: Hatice Cengiz spoke out ahead of a venue for the lucrative unification fight expected to be announced by the end of weekend
10 April 2021 • 3:37pm
The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi is pleading with Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury to turn down a potentially shameful deal with Saudi Arabia to host the fight of the century. Hatice Cengiz told
The Telegraph that accepting a potential £100million-plus offer would present the crown prince, accused over his alleged role in her partner s killing, with a reward for his crimes .