Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Benjamin Gettler Annual Policy Trip visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from November 11-18, 2022. The delegation was led by JINSA’s President & CEO, Dr. Michael Makovsky and JINSA’s Randi and Charles Wax Senior Fellow, John Hannah. Members of the delegation included:
- Ambassador John Abizaid- U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Commander of CENTCOM
- ADM Michael Rogers, USN (ret.)- Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
- Gen William Shelton, USAF (ret.)- Commander, Air Force Space Command
- Gen Charles Wald, USAF (ret.)- Deputy Commander, European Command (EUCOM)
- LTG Robert Ashley, USA (ret.)- 21st Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
- VADM Mark Fox, USN (ret.)- Deputy Commander, United States Central Command
- Lt Gen Joseph Guastella, USAF (ret.)- Commander, Air Force CENTCOM (AFCENT)
- VADM Robert Harward, USN (ret.)- Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command
Meetings included:
- HRH Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
- The Chief of the General Staff
- President of the General Intelligence Presidency
- Commander of Royal Saudi Air Force
- Commander of Royal Saudi Naval Forces
- Secretary General of the Muslim World League
- Secretary General of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (Etidal)
- Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs
- Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI)
- CEO of the Ministry of Defense Development Program
- CEO of Saudi Aramco