On first trip to Mideast, Obama has delicate task
Seeks to open dialogue, avoid democracy lecture
( Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama makes his way to board Air Force One Tuesday at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia. Obama is starting a 4-day trip which will take him to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany and France.
WASHINGTON - President Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia today for his first trip to the Middle East as president, determined to change the image of America in a region that largely reviled his predecessor, George W. Bush. (Full article: 1208 words)
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