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    Obama Delegation Pays Homage to Saudi Kings, Old and New

    President Obama cut short his trip to India to honor the memory of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. During four and a half hours in Riyadh, the President listed common "strategic interests" despite differences on human rights and other issues. Caryle Murphy is a freelancer who spent three years in Saudi Arabia.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    President Obama cut short his trip to India to honor the memory of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. During four and a half hours in Riyadh, the President listed common "strategic interests" despite differences on human rights and other issues. Caryle Murphy is a freelancer who spent three years in Saudi Arabia. She's author of A Kingdom's Future: Saudi Arabia through the Eyes of Its Twenty Somethings.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Caryle Murphy

      freelance journalist and author

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Will Yemen's Disorder Stop Obama's War on Terror
    1. 1:42Obama Delegation Pays Homage to Saudi Kings, Old and NewYou’re reading this
    2. 8:18Has Obama's War on Terror Lost a Key Ally?
    3. 41:05Four Years into Syria's War, a Conversation with al-Assad
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