Menteri Pertahanan Amerika Serikat, Robert Gates, Selasa bertemu dengan Raja Jordania Abdullah II di tengah lawatan yang bertujuan menggalang dukungan bagi pemerintah Irak dan menghadapi semakin luasnya pengaruh Iran di Timur Tengah.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday was to meet Jordan's King Abdullah II on a tour aimed at rallying support for Iraq's government and countering Iran's growing influence in the Middle East.