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The important counternarrative on Biden’s Middle East trip 

Symbolism matters, but progress matters more — and there was progress.

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US President Joe Biden speaks during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. — MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

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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