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Saudi Arabia's Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A Pakistan envoy said his nation is eager for the U.S. to reach a nuclear accord with Iran so sanctions on Tehran can be lifted, but denied charges that Islamabad might provide nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia (Associated Press)

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President Obama is greeted by new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz as the president and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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In this May 14, 2012, file photo, Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef waits for Gulf Arab leaders ahead of the opening of Gulf Cooperation Council, also known as GCC summit, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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Above: a school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia named after Muhammad ibn Abdel-Wahhab, the 18th-century cleric whose intolerant brand of Islam ("Wahhabism") is the state religion of the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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President Obama met with new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)

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A Saudi man passes the al-Faisaliya tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) ** FILE **

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand with new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz they arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden (center) and Sen. John McCain (right), Arizona Republican, offer their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud to Saudi Foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 27, 2011. Biden is leading an American delegation in the Saudi capital to offer condolences to King Abdullah after the death of the kingdom's second in line for the throne. (Associated Press)

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Saudi policemen form a check point inspecting cars near the site where a demonstration is expected to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo)