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The important counternarrative on Biden’s Middle East trip 

Symbolism matters, but progress matters more — and there was progress.
Biden Saudi Arabia

A visit of consequence….  

Let’s start here: Joe Biden’s recent trip to the Middle East was among the most consequential US presidential visits to the region in years.

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