Editing Ray Mabus (section)

==Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and aftermath==
Mabus was appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]] to be the [[United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]]. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 1, 1994,<ref>{{cite news| last = Lippman| first = Thomas W.| title = D'Amato Gets Message Across With Hold on Envoy to Riyadh| newspaper = The Washington Post| page = A17| date = July 6, 1994}}</ref> he served until 1996, when he resigned to return to Mississippi to work for his family's lumber business.<ref>{{cite news | title = U.S. Ambassador to Resign, Return Home to Mississippi| newspaper = The Orlando Sentinel| edition = Central Florida| agency = Associated Press| page = A8| date = April 1, 1996}}</ref> During his tenure five Americans were killed in a bombing at a military training installation in [[Riyadh]].<ref>{{cite news| last = McKenzie| first = Danny| title = Deadly bombing plagues busy, but homesick, Mabus| newspaper = The Clarion-Ledger| page = 1B| date = January 7, 1996| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108275749/ray-mabus-and-bombing-in-saudi-arabia/| access-date = August 28, 2022| archive-date = August 28, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220828064832/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108275749/ray-mabus-and-bombing-in-saudi-arabia/| url-status = live}}</ref> Before he departed, the Saudi Arabian government inducted him into the [[Order of King Abdulaziz]].<ref>{{cite news| title = Saudis honor outgoing Mabus| newspaper = The Commercial Appeal| agency = Associated Press| page = 3| date = April 28, 1996| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108275740/ambassador-ray-mabus-honored-by-saudi/| access-date = August 28, 2022| archive-date = August 28, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220828063448/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108275740/ambassador-ray-mabus-honored-by-saudi/| url-status = live}}</ref>

After his return to Mississippi, Mabus practiced law.{{sfn|Sansing|2016|p=230}} In 2000 he took an executive position at Foamex International. He served as the company's CEO during a [[bankruptcy reorganization]] and resigned from the post in 2007 to spend more time in Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.furnituretoday.com/business-news/johnson-returns-as-ceo-of-supplier-foamex/| title = Johnson returns as CEO of supplier Foamex| date = April 16, 2007| website = Furniture Today| publisher = Bridge Tower Media| access-date = September 7, 2022| archive-date = September 7, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220907094411/https://www.furnituretoday.com/business-news/johnson-returns-as-ceo-of-supplier-foamex/| url-status = live}}</ref>