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Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit (AP)

March 11th, 2010

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Abullah bin Abdul Aziz, right, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates before their talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom’s help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran.


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