Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the US effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom's help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran.
"We are certainly hopeful that the Saudis will use whatever influence they have, which is considerable, in this region and throughout the world to try to help us in our efforts at the UN so that we can get meaningful sanctions enacted against Iran," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said following Gates' sessions with Saudi King Abdullah and other senior leaders. (AP)
