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Member of the gulf cooperation council. it is another historic step in a day that will be long remembered. i also applaud the gulf cooperation council for blocking funders from using their countries as a financial base for terror and for designating hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which they certainly are, last year. saudi arabia also joined us this week in placing sanctions on one of the most senior leaders of hezbollah. of course, there is still much work to be done. that means honestly confronting the crisis of islamic extremism and the islamists and islamic terror of all kinds. we m...

Build stable societies and economies. instead of depriving this region of so much human potential, middle eastern countries can give young people hope for a brighter future in their home nations and regions. that means promoting the aspirations and dreams of all citizens who seek a better life, including women, children and the followers of all faiths. numerous arab and islamic scholars have eloquently argued that protecting equality strengthens arab and muslim communities. for many centuries, the middle east has been home to christians, muslims, and jews living side by side. we must practice ...

What's happening in yemen is not really a religious fight, it's a national fight. saudi arabia versus iran. to the extent that there is a problem with a sect here, it's one the president is not going to mention because he's in saudi arabia. and that is that a kind of gateway drug to extremism has been the wahabi islam that saudi arabia is frankly pushing throughout the muslim world. this has been a huge problem. i hear complaints from muslims all over north africa, the balkans, southeast asia, that the saudis are spending tons of money trying to push out their indigenous forms of islam, which ...

The heart of the muslim world, to the nation that serves as custodian of the two holiest sites in the islamic faith. in my inaugural address to the american people, i pledged to strengthen america's oldest friendships and to build new partnerships in pursuit of peace. i also promised that america will not seek to impose our way of life on others, but to outstretch our hands in the spirit of cooperation and trust. our vision is one of peace, security and prosperity. in this region and all throughout the world. our goal is a coalition of nations who share the aim of stamping out extremism and pr...

Correspondent, who is monitoring president trump's trip to the middle east as well as the iranian elections. >> thank you. >> again, i'll be back in a bit, but jim, what is the latest? >> we are awaiting the first big moment of the president's trip. he is set to deliver any moment now a speech about islam. and this is not just any american president speaking on islam, this is the president who told anderson cooper during the campaign that he thought islam hated america. he will do so in saudi arabia, the country that is home to islam's two most sacred places, mecca and medina, sending a messag...