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Former U.S. Representative Ron Paul has warned that the special U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship is about to come to an abrupt end once the secret 28 pages of the 9/11 Report are released to the public. The report will show the Saudi regime’s involvement on 9/11, which is something the public and government will never be able to forgive. Ron Paul says that for decades the US and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship whereby the Saudis sell cheap oil to America in exchange for U.S. protection of the Saudi monarchy.

President Obama is set to release some parts of the secret 28 page document that was classified in the 9/11 report. There is speculation the documents may reveal a Saudi connection in the terror attacks that killed over 3,000 people in 2001. The Independent reports: The former head of a bi-partisan committee that investigated the attacks that left more than 3,000 people dead and published its findings, said he believed the Obama administration would make a decision on the issue by June.

The propagandic wordsmithery is becoming pathetic as the Obama administration desperately avoids having to admit that it is sending more "boots on the ground" to strengthen its invasion of Syria. Having admitted to "greatly increasing" its operations in the war-torn nation earlier in the month, Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook today outlined why 250 additional Special Forces operatives will be put - in his words - "in harm's way" to "improve intelligence" carefully adding that "they will not be engaged in direct combat...

As it deals with the economic slowdown and a plunge in oil prices, Norway has turned to its massive sovereign wealth fund in order to cover 2016 budget deficits, in continuation of a trend noted here first last October. As Bloomberg reports, the country withdrew $898 million in March from the fund, putting the year-to-date total at roughly $3.1 billion, a run rate that is higher than the estimate the central bank governor gave just this past February.

Cruz and Kasich made a deal to focus their resources on different states to make it easier to stop Trump, but the anti-Trump pact is already running into problems:

The marriage of political convenience between Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) was tested less than 12 hours into the honeymoon, as Kasich told reporters that he still wanted votes from his supporters in Indiana.