Stephen Hadley Holds White House Regular News Briefing

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Stephen Hadley Holds White House Regular News Briefing

WHITE HOUSE REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING

APRIL 25, 2005

SPEAKERS: STEPHEN HADLEY, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE

[*] HADLEY: Good afternoon. The president and Crown Prince Abdullah have just finished what has really been a series of meetings over the last two days between representatives of the United States and representatives of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It began yesterday with the vice president having lunch and then meetings with the crown prince and his delegation.

This morning, Dr. Rice had an opportunity to come in from the airport to the ranch with the crown prince and his delegation. That was also an opportunity for some consultations.

And then of course the president met the crown prince delegation, a meeting -- an opportunity -- for the crown prince and the president to, just with a translator present, go around the property on the ranch and then a rather extensive lunch, which permitted some good, candid and informal conversation.

So it was really a series of meetings and very intensive and extensive consultations between the two sides.

The atmosphere was very positive. The range of issues covered was fairly ext...

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