U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY DR. ROBERT M. GATES ARRIVED HERE TODAY. AT KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HE WAS RECEIVED BY PRINCE KHALID BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS; GENERAL SALIH BIN ALI AL-MOHAYYA, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF; SENIOR ARMED FORCES OFFICERS; U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM JAMES OBERWETTER;DR. AND U.S. EMBASSY SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS.