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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

This might have been titled: If you can't use your friends, what good  
are they?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/middleeast/17prexy.html?hp
Bush in Saudi Arabia to Make Oil Plea
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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: May 17, 2008
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — With the price of oil hitting record highs,  
President Bush will use a private visit to King Abdullah’s ranch here  
Friday to make a second attempt to persuade the Saudi government to  
increase oil production so that American consumers can get some relief  
at the gasoline pump. . . .

This is the sentence, buried way down the page, that jumped at me:
"In exchange, the White House said, the United States will help the  
Saudis develop civilian nuclear power, as well as new infrastructure  
to safeguard its energy supplies."

Attend--the Saudis are developing nuclear power.

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