Mutaib bin Abdullah in regard to counter-insurgency, information collection and tactical field operations. He also regarded Mutaib as a knowledgeable and highly competent commanding officer with strong professional ties to the U.S. military. It was also emphasized that Prince Mutaib developed close relations with powerful regional political and military leaders, including King Hussein and Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal. Prince Mutaib's influence seems to begin when he was a military officer in the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) as a result of being the main advisor to his father, Abdullah, commander of the SANG. During his post in the SANG under King Abdullah's
Bülent Ecevit went to the United States in the mid–1950s on a State Department fellowship, and worked at two newspapers in North Carolina. Ecevit was elected into the Turkish parliament for the first time in 1957. He was a Member of the Parliament between 1960 and 1961 during the 26th, 27th and 28th governments. Ecevit served as the Minister of Labour between 1961 and 1965, contributing to the acceptance of the right to strike and collective agreement. In 1966 he became the secretary general of the Republican People's Party (, CHP). In 1971 he resigned from the post as a protest to