Pool report #3 - Quote on Gaza and Otter of business roundtable

Pool was led out at 10:24 after POTUS took shouted questions on Russia, on sovereign wealth fund and on Gaza which he said he wanted to make "a freedom zone"

In his speech POTUS insisted on how much he "liked" the trip, adding that the whole Gulf tour could raise "a total of three and a half, 4 trillion dollars"

Sec Scott Bessent made brief remarks about China

Larry Culp, CEO of GE Aerospace, seated to the left of POTUS also spoke, followed by Boeing's Kelly Ortberg.

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A list of participants provided by the WH

U.S. Delegation:

• Ambassador Timmy Davis, U.S. Ambassador to Qatar
• Secretary Scott Bessent, Department of Treasury Secretary
• Pete Hegseth, Department of Defense
• Secretary Howard Lutnick, Department of Commerce
• Secretary Chris Wright, Department of Energy
• Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff
• David Sacks, White House AI and Crypto Czar
• Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East

Back Bench:

• Don Archer, Director for Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar

Qatar Delegation:

• H.E. Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin Ali Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs
• H.E. Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Energy
• H.E. Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology
• H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiya, Minister of Municipality and Chairman of the Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
• H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry
• H.E. Eng. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, Qatar Airways, Group CEO H.E. Eng. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Meer, President of the Public Works Authority (Ashghal)

Business Guests:

• Kelly Ortberg, Boeing, President and CEO
• Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, CEO
• Christopher Calio, RTX,
• CEO Michael Williamson, Lockheed Martin, President
• David Alexander, General Atomics, President
• Dave Paddock, General Dynamics Land Systems, President
• Michael McKelvy, McDermott, CEO
• Carey Smith, Parsons, CEO
• Rajeeb Hazra, Quantinuum, President & CEO
• Abdulaziz Al-Rabban, Al Rabban Capital, Chairman
• Col. Pat Self
• Audrey Barrios
• Trent Lott

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