Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation-Global, receives at his office in Riyadh on Monday Gen. Anthony Zinni (2nd R), Chairman of the Washington-based Middle East Institute (MEI). Gen. Zinni was accompanied by MEI Vice President Kate Seelye (not pictured), US Ambassador James B. Smith (L), and Robert Jordan, a member of the MEI's Board of Governors. — Courtesy photo