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Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Failsal responds to a question during a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (not pictured) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 1, 2007.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Failsal responds to a question during a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (not pictured) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 1, 2007.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Failsal responds to a question during a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (not pictured) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 1, 2007.

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