President Obama Begins Middle East Tour

President Obama with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during an arrival ceremony in Riyadh on Tuesday. At right are Mr. Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, and national security advisor, James Jones. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

To Open A Muslim Dialogue, Obama Visits Saudi King -- Yahoo News/AP

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – President Barack Obama began his latest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world by paying a call Wednesday on Saudi King Abdullah, guardian of Islam's sacred sites in Mecca and Medina.

The monarch of Saudi Arabia greeted Obama at Riyadh's main airport with a ceremony when the new U.S. president arrived after an overnight flight from Washington. A band played "The Star-Spangled Banner." And each leader shook hands with members of his counterpart's entourage.

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