The Bushes and the Bin Ladens

Complete video at: Author Steve Coll examines the history of financial ties between the Bin Laden and Bush families, as well as other Bin Laden family investments in the United States prior to September 11, 2001. ----- Author Steve Coll discusses his most recent book The Bin Ladens. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the national bestseller Ghost Wars, Steve Coll presents the story of the Bin Laden family’s rise to power and privilege. Cole shows how the family navigated around and through the economic and cultural hurdles, and he presents an authentic humanizing story of Saudi Arabia, America and those caught in the crossfire. Revealing new information, Coll shows how American influence changed a family’s fortune and how one family member’s rebellion changed the world - The Commonwealth Club of California Steve Coll is President and CEO of New America Foundation, and a staf