President Barack Obama will cut short his three-day trip to India and visit Saudi Arabia to pay respects after the death of King Abdullah, U.S. and Indian officials said Saturday.
The schedule change, announced shortly before Obama left for India, means the president will skip plans to see the Taj Mahal, and instead pay a call on an influential U.S. ally in the volatile Mideast.
The king, who died Friday, was aggressive in trying to check the spreading power of Saudi Arabia's chief rival, Iran. Obama visited the ailing monarch in his desert compound last March.
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ReplyDeleteHe can go to the funeral of that terrorist supporting king but he couldn't go to France to show support for our European allies?
ReplyDeleteWhat else would a good Muslim do?
ReplyDeleteOr two police officers who were killed in cold blood, IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY!!!!
ReplyDeleteGotta pay homage to the real boss.
ReplyDeleteIt's his pilgrimage to the holy place (Mecca).
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