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Perry makes low-profile visit to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry left Washington Monday on a mission to Saudi Arabia to discuss the repositioning of U.S. troops to locations that are easier to defend.

The decision to relocate troops was made following last month's terrorist attack on a U.S. air base in Dahran, which killed 19 U.S. Airmen and injured hundreds.

Pentagon officials would not confirm the Secretary's plans on the record, but sources told CNN that Perry will meet with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan and possibly with the Saudi monarch, King Fahd.

The visit will reportedly include discussions on transferring U.S. forces to installations that provide more security for them, as well as who will pay for the transfer and cost of maintaining the troops there. It also may cover any progress that may have been made in the investigation of the bombing.

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