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texas state senator and get his reaction. it s sunday, july 10th. thank you for waking up with us. president biden is defending his decision to visit saudi arabia when he travels to the middle east this week against criticism and controversy surrounding that trip. the president will meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman but, remember, as a candidate for president biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. now, as president, he says his visit to the country is critical to u.s. security. in his op-ed in the washington post the president also touched on saudi arabia s role in dealing with a spike in energy prices. he writes, quote, today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of gulf cooperation council, has fully supported the truce in yemen and is working with my experts to help stabilize markets with other opec producers. the president s trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia s role in the killing of journalist j ....
He really responded to those criticisms directly. he said it was under him that the report implicating the saudi intervention force was released about that killing and he said that when it comes to human rights, when he meets with the saudi leaders, remember, he is to meet with king salman and others including the crown prince, notably his name was omitted from the op-ed, when he meets with those leaders human rights will be at the forefront. biden said from the start my aim was to reorient not rupture relations with a country that s been a strategic partner for 80 years. i know there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to saudi arabia. my views on human rights are clear and long-standing and fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when i travel abroad as they will be during this trip just as they will be in israel and the west bank. so, of course, that is a much different language than we heard then-candidate biden use calling saudi arabia a pariah. ....