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Salman's Saudi Arabia more ambitious than ever

The new Saudi Arabian king's first year and a half has been a time of aggressive expansion of power and territory — at tremendous cost and risk.

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud speaks with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sept. 4, 2015. — REUTERS/Gary Cameron

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