“On Friday, September 21 [2001], Robert Jordan, the Baker Botts attorney who had been nominated earlier as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, finally testified in confirmation hearings before the Senate…Jordan testified that the day after the attack of September 11 [September 12, 2001], ‘Saudi Arabia released a statement in which it declared Saudi oil exports to the U.S. to be stable, adding that any export shortfalls on the international market will be filled by OPEC [Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries]. These are welcome words indeed.’ ”
– Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 262