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Mother Jones magazine reveals a ten-year history of secret deals between the Saudi Arabian royal family and three U.S. administrations, which an official in the U.S. Department of Defense claims played a priceless role in the success of the Allied effort in the Gulf War. The article reports on a secret meeting between Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney and the Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz at the conclusion of the war, in which it was agreed that the United States would have a permanent military presence in Saudi Arabia.