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Transcript: Meet the Press Interview with Jordan’s King Abdullah II

(Source: NBC’s Meet the Press)

MR. GREGORY:  We’re back.  King Abdullah of Jordan spent the last week here in Washington with a full agenda:  meeting with the president, the secretary of state, congressional leaders and a full military arrival ceremony at the Pentagon.  Before returning to Jordan on Friday, he stopped here at MEET THE PRESS for an exclusive interview.

Your Majesty, welcome back to MEET THE PRESS.

KING ABDULLAH II:  Thank you very much.

MR. GREGORY:  President Obama is now the third U.S. president that you have worked with.  You spent time with him this week and even during the campaign. Tell me your impressions here as he comes upon 100 days in office?

KING ABDULLAH II:  Well, I–from I think day one that I, I, I met him, a very impressive man.  A lot of depth.  A lot of, I think, instinctive understanding of the challenges that the world faces.  And obviously I’m here in Washington to talk about relaunching negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis and Arabs, and we had a meeting of the minds, very fruitful discussions.  And I think he has a clear understanding of, of what the challenges are.

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Transcript: Treasury Secy Tim Geithner on Meet the Press, March 29

(Source: Meet the Press)

MR. GREGORY:  … But first, here live is Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Welcome to MEET THE PRESS.

SEC’Y GEITHNER:  Thank you, David.  Good to be here.

MR. GREGORY:  Thank you.  I want to start with some basic terms here.  Can you explain as simply as you can why increasing bank lending is so important to the economy?

SEC’Y GEITHNER:  Absolutely, David.  Economies require banks because they require credit.  Credit is like the blood, it’s like the oxygen of any economy.  And for us to get the economy growing again, we need to make sure there’s going to be credit available to businesses and families across the country so that businesses can meet payroll, so that they can expand, so that families can put their kids through college, can borrow to finance purchase of a car or a new house.  That’s, that’s why financial systems matter, and there is now way to get this economy back on track unless we have a financial system that’s working with the recovery rather than against recovery.

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