Prince Bandar bin Sultan was the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States for more than 20 years. He’s a close personal friend of the Bush family and he’s now a key advisor to the Saudi King.

Nonetheless, there are allegations in the British media today that Prince Bandar took billions of dollars in kickbacks from a British arms dealer. Marketplace’s Steve Henn explains.

read the rest of the story published at Marketplace here:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/06/07/PM200706072.html