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Just met with @realDonaldTrump and @SecPompeo and we have decided, I will not be participating in the summit in Saudi Arabia
Just met with @realDonaldTrump and @SecPompeo and we have decided, I will not be participating in the Future Investment Initiative summit in Saudi Arabia.
— Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) October 18, 2018
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin drops out of Saudi conference amid outcry over Khashoggi disappearance
A host of Wall Street power players and international finance leaders have announced in recent days that they would no longer be attending the conference, dubbed "Davos in the Desert." Among those who dropped out are JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, as well as the chiefs of Uber, BlackRock, MasterCard and Viacom, among others. On Tuesday, Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, announced that she too would not attend. A number of media outlets, including CNBC, have also dropped out of the conference. The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNN and the ... (full story)
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