New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, traveling with a Senate delegation, had to get a new passport recently because Saudi and Kuwaiti officials refused to honor a passport with a stamp from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. The 17-member delegation was denied meetings with any member of the Saudi government. Lautenberg has filed a complaint with the State Department.
worry that President Bush’s latest appointee to the financially strapped center’s board, Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, won’t be much help as a fund raiser. Last fall Weintraub filed for bankruptcy.
