Sunday, February 20, 2011

"..What I want to accomplish is to reassure our friends .."

"... Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for the first stage of a Gulf tour to boost US relations with its allies in the region. "Part of what I want to accomplish is to reassure our friends and also just listen to what's on their mind," Mullen told journalists....at the top of the agenda is Bahrain, where six people were officially reported killed in last week's demonstrations, raising pressure on the Sunni Muslim ruling dynasty to talk with the Shiite-led opposition.."

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