Part of the issue, w/ respect to the U.S. pulling out of the deal appears to hinge on the Saudi's nuclear plans. As the story was told at a D.C. forum (sorry c

Part of the issue, w/ respect to the U.S. pulling out of the deal appears to hinge on the Saudi's nuclear plans. As the story was told at a D.C. forum (sorry can't remember which one, but it was w/i the last year): 1a) not only was U.S. representation excluded from bidding on their project(s), but the Chinese and the Russians were allowed to.; 1b) if the U.S. was excluded from bidding, and therefore uninvolved in the project(s), it would not be able to "monitor" it; 2) the Saudis were supposedly citing Iran's ability to enrich uranium, and saying that that therefore allowed them (the Saudis) to do so, too, because their program was also "only for peaceful purposes."