Semi-OT - I think Gore may have beat McAleese in the ass-kissing competition at the same event:
Gore laments US ‘abuses’ against Arabs

(AP)
Updated: 2006-02-13 10:49

Former US Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed “terrible abuses” against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.

Gore said Arabs had been “indiscriminately rounded up” and held in “unforgivable” conditions. The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida’s hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications.

“The thoughtless way in which visas are now handled, that is a mistake,” Gore said during the Jiddah Economic Forum.
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Altho to his credit,

Gore refused to be drawn into questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We can’t solve that long conflict in exchanges here,” Gore said.

Alternate links to the story:
Al Gore Blasts America in Saudi Arabia
Arabs in US were victims of abuses, says Al Gore
Al Gore’s Jeddah Speech and Conservative Cluelessness