President Obama will cut short his trip to India and fly to Saudi Arabia to meet with the new king on Tuesday. Obama arrives in New Delhi on Sunday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will be the chief guest in India's Republic Day parade Monday. Obama was scheduled to visit the Taj Mahal on Tuesday, but will meet with King Salman in Riyadh, instead. Initially, the U.S. was going to send a delegation led by Vice President Joe Biden.
