EXCERPT:
BIDEN: “The reason I'm going to Saudi Arabia, though, is much broader. It is to promote U.S. interest, promote US interest in a way that I think we have an opportunity to reassert what I think we've made a mistake of walking away from, our influence in the Middle East. I'm going to be meeting with nine other heads of state. It's not just this happens to be in Saudi Arabia. And so there's so many issues at stake that I want to make clear that we can continue to lead in the region and not create a vacuum, a vacuum that is filled by China and/or Russia, against the interest of both Israel and the United States and many other countries. And so, the purpose of the visit is to -- is to coordinate with nine heads of state, whatever in U.S. interest and I believe in Israel's interest as well.”