Wyche Fowler
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Wyche Fowler, Jr. (1940) is an attorney, U.S. politician, and chairman of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute. He was U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1996-2001). Previously, he was a member of the U.S. Senate (D-Georgia), filling a vacancy from a seat in the House of Representatives. Saudi ArabiaPrior to his appointment, he had no significant work with the Middle East. While there, he connected on a personal level
He arrived shortly after the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, where the U.S. had considerable difficulty getting Saudi help in the investigation. SenateIn the Senate, he was a member of the Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Agriculture Committees HouseMember, US House of Representatives (1977-1987); member of the Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs Committees, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Congressional Arts Caucus. State and localHe was a Member, and later president, of the Atlanta City Council in the state of Georgia, and was in the private practice of law for eight years before his election. Education
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