“Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.” IfsThinkingWorldStatesWould BeStrongUnitedUnited StatesMiddlePolicyKingsWeakSickFundamentalsWideOilEastSignificantFamiliarIranMiddle EastUnlikelyConsensusSaudisArab WorldYemenSignificant ChangeBahrainKing Abdullah Author:Elliott Abrams
“Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures.” PeopleTodayFormCultureHoursSupportEventsKingsTerribleUnityIslamFranceParisLastingSolidarityExtremismUnprecedentedDarkest HourTerrible EventsKing Abdullah Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“In the last 48 hours King Abdullah from Saudi Arabia passed away. I have a moral dilemma. The king passed away three or four days ago. Is it too soon to hit on Queen Latifah?” LastsThreeHoursMoralFourKingsQueensDilemmaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPassed AwayMoral Dilemma48 HoursKing Abdullah Author:David Letterman
“Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices. I guess there was some justice in that. When you, the president, after 9/11, tell the country to go shopping instead of buckling down to break our addiction to oil, it ends with you, the president, shopping the world for discount gasoline.” WorldGivingLittlesEndsCountryEnergyPresidentJusticeBreakKingsAddictionOilReliefShoppingInitiativeArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGasolineDiscountsGasoline PricesKing Abdullah Author:Thomas Friedman
“I agree with the secretary [Hillary Clinton] that I think what has to happen - and let me just mention what King Abdullah of Jordan said. I think he hit the nail on the head.” ThinkingSaidHappensKingsLet MeAgreeClintonNailsSecretaryJordanKing Abdullah Author:Hillary Clinton
“What King Abdullah of Jordan said is essentially the war against ISIS is a war for the soul of Islam. And it must be Muslim troops on the ground that will destroy ISIS, with the support of a coalition of major powers - U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Russia.” SaidWarSoulSupportKingsMajorsIslamRussiaFranceGermanyTroopsIsisJordanCoalitionsKing Abdullah Author:Hillary Clinton
“Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.” TogetherViewsKingsWestSouthPopulationEastDialogueGuidanceArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGet TogetherSupervisionKing Abdullah Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal