The Globe and Mail | Obama Gains Leverage on Saudis as U.S. Oil Dependence Declines Bloomberg One of the main reasons is oil. The U.S. needs a lot less of it from Saudi Arabia than it once did. So when President Barack Obama welcomes Saudi King Salman to the White House Friday he'll have more leverage than ever in a long-standing, and often ... Oil falls off top of agenda for Obama's meeting with Saudi king |