Obama to visit Saudi Arabia June 3 to discuss Iran

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 5/26/09 | Reuters

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia on June 3 for talks on Iran's nuclear program and Washington's renewed push for a Middle East peace plan, the White House said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is a staunch U.S. ally in the region and has been a key player in the drive for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which Obama has declared a top foreign policy priority.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama would meet Saudi King Abdullah and would also discuss terrorism.

The visit comes at a time when Obama is seeking to build an alliance of moderate Muslim nations to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program, which Washington fears is a cover to build a nuclear bomb.

Saudi Arabia is among the United States' top 15 trading partners. ...

[SolidWood]

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is a staunch U.S. ally in the region

Maybe they could stop spreading Wahhabbi stoneage Islam... that would be nice.

[Beckwith]

No telling what Obama will do to/for/with the king once they have some privacy.

[NormsRevenge]

The 2009 Grovel&Apology Tour continues..

We’ll sail for Alaska the same day. Thank goodness for wireless. :-)

[unkus]

0 will curtsey to the Saudi’s this time.

[randomhero97]

Yeah, I trust the Persians more than I do the Saudi Arabs and that’s saying a lot.

[Bon mots]

There he goes again.

Instead of going to Israel to discuss Iran, he goes to Saudi Arabia. Like KSA was about to make the pre-emptive strike or something.

Obama would go to Iceland to negotiate a better price for Chinese tea.

What a stupidass.

[Redleg Duke]

He has been practicing his bowing and wants to show off!

[missnry]

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama would meet bow before Saudi King Abdullah and would also discuss terrorism as they travel to Mecca together.

[NormsRevenge]

Lucky skunk gets a trip to Vegas for fundraising in before he heads abroad... maybe some golf too?

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[dainbramaged]

I wonder if he will bow to the slave-owning king in front of the camera again.

[GonzoGOP]

0 will curtsey to the Saudi’s this time.

No from what I understand he will go for the full boot kissing polishing the floor with his belly kowtow. They said we needed a president who knew how to get down, but this wasn't what i thought they meant.

[NormsRevenge]

Too bad he can't bring his pick with too.

I bet she'd love all the respect she'd get there.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) after announcing her as his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. Obama nominated Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino. Obama's choice of the liberal Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was unlikely to change the ideological balance of the high court because Souter, 69, was part of the panel's liberal wing. REUTERS/Larry Downing

[freekitty]

Wonder how many times he will bow?

[angelcindy]

will he bow down again???

[smokinleroy]

Maybe squeeze in his Hajj on taxpayer’s dime.

[smokinleroy]

Sorry, the “official” Hajj is in November. This will be a Umrah.

[Iron Munro]

[NormsRevenge]

US President Barack Obama, seen here on May 22, said North Korea's claimed nuclear test constituted a "threat to international peace and security" on Monday, and urged international action against the isolated state. (AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)