The Biden administration is looking for signals

that the close, decades-long security partnership between Washington and Riyadh can be saved

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despite its enraged reaction to Saudi Arabia's decision last month to restrict oil production

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in the face of global shortages and threats of reprisal.

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After the Saudis decided last month to limit output by 2 million barrels per day

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at a meeting of the OPEC Plus energy cartel they lead

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President Biden remarked, "There will be some repercussions for what they did"

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The White House said that the price increases would only serve to help cartel member

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Russia at the same time that Washington and its allies were

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attempting to choke off Moscow's oil earnings in order to undermine its conflict in Ukraine.

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