These are tense times for US-Saudi oil relations. The once-chummy alliance that allowed Saudi Arabia to become the OPEC kingpin and the US’s biggest oil importer has turned into bitter rivalry. Call it a new Game of Thrones — or a snub. OPEC nations are bickering amongst themselves as

On February 14, 1945, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt met King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia onboard the US Navy cruiser USS Quincy in the Great Bitter Lake segment of the Suez Canal.  This first face-to-face encounter between top American and Saudi leaders served as the foundation for