English subtitles for clip: File:President Obama & King Adbullah Meet at the White House.webm

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President Obama:
Hello, everybody.

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I want to welcome His Majesty
King Abdullah to the White

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House, and I'm very pleased
to be able to return the

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extraordinary hospitality
that he showed me and my

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delegation when we visited
Saudi Arabia and when we

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visited His Majesty's farm.

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Since that historic meeting that
took place 65 years ago between

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and His Majesty's father,

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King Abdul-Aziz, we have
had a strong and strategic

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relationship between the United
States and Saudi Arabia.

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I always value His Majesty's
wisdom and insights,

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and we have had a very
productive session speaking

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about a whole range of issues
that relate to both relations

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between our two countries but
also issues of prosperity and

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security around the globe.

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We talked about our joint
interest and work together

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in combating violent extremism.

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And we talked about a
range of strategic issues,

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including issues related to
Afghanistan and Pakistan;

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Iran and its attempts to develop
nuclear weapons capacity.

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We discussed the Middle East
peace process and the importance

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of moving forward in a
significant and bold way

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in securing a Palestinian
homeland that can live side

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by side with a secure and
prosperous Israeli state.

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As representatives
of two G20 countries,

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we also continued the
conversation that took place

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this weekend about how the Saudi
government and the United States

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government can work with our
other partners around the world

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to keep the economic recovery
going and to help bring about

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the strong economic
growth that's necessary

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to put people back to work.

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And we will continue to
work together to expand the

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people-to-people contacts,
the educational programs,

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the commercial ties, the
business people who are working

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together in both countries so
that not only do our governments

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remain strong partners but
our people are continually

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enriching both countries.

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On behalf of the American
people, welcome.

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We appreciate your friendship.

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And we appreciate your good
counsel and look forward to

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continuing to work together to
strengthen the strong bonds

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between our two countries.

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King Abdullah:
(as translated)
Thank you very much, Mr. President.

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I believe you have covered
everything and left nothing out

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in terms of our conversation.

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Mr. President, I would like to
share with you the views that I

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have been hearing about you from
other -- from around the world.

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You are an honorable man
and you are a good man.

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And I don't say this in order
to compliment you -- I say this

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because this is the truth
as I hear it from people

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around the world.

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And I would like to say to the
friendly American people that

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the American people are friends
of Saudi Arabia and its people,

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and they are friends of
the Arab and Muslim people,

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and they are also
friends of humanity.

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Mr. President, I would like to
point to the historic ties of

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friendship between our two
nations that began with the

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meeting that you pointed to, the
meeting between the late King

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Abdul-Aziz and the late
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Over the past seven decades, the
relationship has grown stronger

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and broader and deeper, and
we appreciate all that you

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personally have done to
further broaden and deepen and

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strengthen this relationship.

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And I hope that you will be able
to continue to work with us on

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improving this relationship
for many more years.

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Thank you, Mr. President,
for a productive meeting.

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I want to also thank our
friends, the American people.

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And I also would like to thank
our friends here in the media.

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May God spare us from all of the
bad things they can do to us.

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(laughter)

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And may God bless us with all
the positive things they can do

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for us and for humanity.

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President Obama:
Well, that is an excellent
prayer. Thank you.