U.S.-Saudi Alliance on the Edge
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U.S. President Barack Obama, seen through an Oval Office window, speaks on the phone with King Abdallah Abd al Aziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the White House on September 10, 2014.
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Produced by Ben Jay and Oliver Lazarus