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==Saudi Arabia==

==Saudi Arabia==

It has been reported that Brennan took part in the Hajj to Mecca between 1996 and 1999, an act only permissable to Muslims.<ref>http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/12/265874.html, retrieved Feb 15, 2013</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277524/Obamas-choice-CIA-chief-converted-Islam-says-FBI-agent.html#axzz2KjGHhdpQ, retrieved Feb 15, 2013</ref> Brennan has said,

It has been reported that Brennan took part in the Hajj to [[Mecca]] between 1996 and 1999, an act only permissable to Muslims.<ref>http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/12/265874.html, retrieved Feb 15, 2013</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277524/Obamas-choice-CIA-chief-converted-Islam-says-FBI-agent.html#axzz2KjGHhdpQ, retrieved Feb 15, 2013</ref> Brennan has said,

{{Quotebox|"And during a 25-year career in government, I was privileged to serve in positions across the [[Middle East]] — as a political officer with the [[State Department]] and as a CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, I saw how our Saudi partners fulfilled their duty as custodians of the two holy mosques of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]]. I marveled at the majesty of the [[Hajj]] and the devotion of those who fulfilled their duty as [[Muslim]]s by making that privilege — that pilgrimage."}}

{{Quotebox|"And during a 25-year career in government, I was privileged to serve in positions across the [[Middle East]] — as a political officer with the [[State Department]] and as a CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, I saw how our Saudi partners fulfilled their duty as custodians of the two holy mosques of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]]. I marveled at the majesty of the [[Hajj]] and the devotion of those who fulfilled their duty as [[Muslim]]s by making that privilege — that pilgrimage."}}