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The U.S.-Saudi agreement, from fist-bump to embrace
‘To U.S. strategists, a decline in the oil-for-security paradigm notwithstanding, Saudi Arabia retains much of its importance’ | Photo Credit: REUTERS Over eight decades of eventful ties between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have had …