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Obama: Saudi king wise and gracious

President Barack Obama began hislatest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world on Wednesday byseeking the counsel of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, home toIslam's two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina.

"The United States and Saudi Arabia have a long history offriendship. We have a strategic relationship," Obama said as hevisited the monarch's desert horse farm. The U.S. president calledAbdullah...

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