Bush in Saudi to court ally on Mideast peace
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President George W. Bush arrived on his first trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday, hoping to convince the Arab powerbroker to lend support to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking and help contain Iran.
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Saudi Arabia's warm official welcome for President Bush, the scion of a family with close ties to the kingdom's ruling family, masks his deep unpopularity among ordinary Saudis.
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President Bush publicly prodded two  important Middle East allies, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, on  Wednesday to move more quickly to embrace democracy.
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Saudi Arabia will probably skip a Mideast peace conference called by President Bush if it doesn't tackle substantive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, the kingdom's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday he would use part of a weeklong Middle East trip next week to press allies to help keep Iran's "aggressive ambitions" in check.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 15 -- President Bush on Monday launched a rare round of intensive personal diplomacy with Saudi King Abdullah aimed at winning support for a variety of American objectives such as rebuilding Iraq, pressuring Iran, fighting al-Qaeda and backing the U.S.-brokered peace ta...
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The Bush administration sets in motion a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as the US president visits the kingdom.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - President George W. Bush, wrapping up a Middle East trip on Wednesday, hopes his talks in Saudi Arabia will help encourage OPEC to raise production and dampen oil prices, the White House said.
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President George W. Bush urged Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to help tame soaring oil prices and warned Iran not to behave provocatively in the oil-exporting Gulf region.
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President Bush Bush is on a three-day visit to the region to show support for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - U.S. President George W. Bush, wrapping up a Middle East trip on Wednesday, hopes his talks in Saudi Arabia will help encourage OPEC to raise production and dampen oil prices, the White House said.
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George Bush says he sees 'a new opportunity for peace here in the holy land' as he begins his first visit to Israel as the US president
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US President George W Bush is due in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday as part of his Middle East tour.
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President Bush used his visit to Saudi Arabia today to push for increased oil production to help the U.S. economy by forcing fuel costs down. "Oil prices are very high, which is tough on our economy," Bush said on the second day of his visit to the Islamic kingdom.
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George W. Bush on Wednesday began his first visit as U.S. president to Israel and the Palestinian territories, saying he saw a new opportunity for peace and that both sides were ready to make tough concessions.
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President Bush publicly prodded two important Middle East allies, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, on Wednesday to move more quickly to embrace democracy.
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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait  - President George W. Bush held talks with the top U.S. officials in Iraq on Saturday at a base in Kuwait, during a Gulf tour he hopes will aid the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and contain Iran.