Biden says a deal may be on the way with Saudi Arabia

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a press conference to produce remarks on the financial state at Auburn Manufacturing, a corporation that creates warmth- and fireplace-resistant fabrics for a variety of industrial uses in the U.S. and abroad, in Auburn, Maine, U.S. July 28, 2023.

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U.S. President Joe Biden mentioned on Friday a offer could be on the way with Saudi Arabia.

Biden, who was talking at campaign fundraiser in Maine, did not give aspects about the doable offer.

On Thursday, the New York Occasions revealed a column by Thomas Friedman in which he claimed Biden was thinking about whether to pursue a U.S.-Saudi mutual protection pact that would contain Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel.

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