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Transcript: President Obama, King Abudullah Press Availability, April 21

(Source: White House Press Office)

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Take your time, guys. We’re going to answer a few questions.

First of all, I just want to welcome His Majesty King Abdullah to the White House. This is a first visit by a leader of another state; in part, it’s reciprocity for the extraordinary hospitality that the King and Queen showed me when I visited Jordan prior to the election — in which the King had personally drove me to the airport. And I won’t tell you how fast he was going. (Laughter.)

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