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Gates Pledges Weapons Aid to Saudi Arabia

HeadlineMar 11, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Saudi Arabia today for talks expected to center on Iran. The New York Times is reporting Gates has assured the Saudi royal family the US plans to help Saudi Arabia acquire “a broad range of air, naval and missile” weapons. As he arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Gates said he expected the topic of Iran to “come up” in talks.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates: “Well, we have a broad number of subjects to talk about, including the military-to-military relationship with our Saudi friends and partners. So we have a very broad agenda to cover. I suspect that Iran will come up.”

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