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UrbScotty

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Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:53 AM Mar 2016

Vice President Biden to visit Middle East next week to meet with key leaders in the region

Source: US News and World Report

Vice President Joe Biden plans meetings with key leaders in the Middle East when he visits the region next week.

The White House says Biden and his wife, Jill, will depart Washington on Saturday. The trip begins in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where Biden will meet with the country's leaders there.

Biden heads to Jerusalem and Ramallah, in the West Bank, for meetings Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) and President Reuven Rivlin (reh-OO'-vehn REEV'-lihn), as well as with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS').

Biden's final stop is Amman, Jordan, and a meeting with King Abdullah II to discuss the Islamic State group and Syrian.

Read more: http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-03-02/biden-to-meet-next-week-with-leaders-in-middle-east

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Vice President Biden to visit Middle East next week to meet with key leaders in the region (Original Post) UrbScotty Mar 2016 OP
Busy busy busy VP. Keeping him on the warming plate IOM. Mk Purveyor Mar 2016 #1
Try not to fall asleep, Joe. yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #2
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