​The Orlando shooter visited Saudi Arabia a year before he went on the FBI's watch list, according to the country's Interior Ministry. Omar Mateen, who murdered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning, had traveled to Saudi Arabia in two consecutive years, 2011 and 2012, said Saudi Interior Ministry security spokesman Major General Mansour Turki on Monday, the regional Khaleej Times reported. Turki said Mateen visited for religious reasons, participating in the pilgrimage to Mecca for 10 days in March 2011 and then eight days the following March, according to the newspaper. Despite the Interior Ministry tracking Mateen's whereabouts, the newspaper reported that a U.S. official said the Saudis have not provided any evidence that Mateen made contact with known extremists during his visits. The official added that anyone thought to be a threat is kept under surveillance by Saudi authorities, although that doesn't mean they have a handle on everyone with radical views or contacts. Look at that America a terrorist attack has occurred on America soil, and the nation of Saudi Arabia comes up again. We now have another instance of where a radical Islamic terrorist attacks America, who has been in Saudi Arabia during their life on Earth. We once again have proof that when people go to Saudi Arabia they come back radicalized. We shouldn't even bet against that Omar Mateen's father probably gave his son the money needed to travel to Saudi Arabia twice. When terrorism in America occurs Saudi Arabia in some shape or form comes up, and yet we still fund them with billions of dollars in aid. This support for Saudi Arabia needs to be halted.