| John Foster Dulles |
Riyadh, Dhahran |
Met with King Ibn Saud and senior Saudi officials. |
May 18-19, 1953 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf. |
May 1-2, 1971 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal and senior Saudi officials. |
November 8-9, 1973 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal to discuss the Middle East peace process. |
December 14, 1973 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Briefed King Faisal on the Syrian-Israeli peace process. |
March 2, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Briefed King Faisal and Foreign Minister Saqqaf on the Israeli-Syrian
negotiations. |
May 9, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Jidda |
Accompanied President Nixon. |
June 14-15, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister
Saqqaf. |
October 13, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Faisal and Foreign Minister
Saqqaf. |
November 6, 1974 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Briefed King Faisal on the Middle East peace process. |
February 15, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Riyadh |
Met with King Faisal to review the Middle East peace process and bilateral
relations. |
March 19, 1975 |
| Henry A Kissinger |
Taif |
Briefed King Khalid on the Middle East peace process. |
September 2, 1975 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud; reviewed the Middle
East peace process. |
February 19-20, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Taif |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process with King Khalid and senior Saudi
officials. |
August 7-9, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Reviewed the Middle East peace process. |
December 14-15, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Carter. |
January 3-4, 1978 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Riyadh |
Reviewed the Camp David Accords with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd. |
September 21-24, 1978 |
| Alexander Meigs Haig |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and AWACS sales with King Fahd and
Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
April 7-8, 1981 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
|
Jidda |
May 8, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Jidda |
Discussed means of withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon. |
July 4-5, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Jeddah |
Met with King Fahd. |
October 17, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Qasim |
Met with King Fahd. |
April 7, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah, Taif |
Met with King Fahd and with Emir al-Sabah of Kuwait; discussed financing of U.S.
military presence. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
September 6-7, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah, Taif |
Met with King Fahd, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and the Emir of Kuwait.
Addressed U.S. military personnel. |
November 4-6, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Accompanied President Bush to meetings with King Fahd and the Amir of
Kuwait. |
November 21-22, 1990 |
| James Addison Baker |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince
Saud. |
January 10-11, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Taif |
Discussed the Persian Gulf crisis with the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S.
military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia. |
January 11, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Taif, Riyadh |
Met with the Amir of Kuwait and with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Syria, and
the Gulf Cooperation Council. |
March 8-10, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and Foreign Minister
Prince Saud. |
April 21-22, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Discussed a Middle East peace conference with King Fahd. |
July 20-21, 1991 |
| James Addison Baker |
Jeddah |
Discussed the Middle East peace process and the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and
Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
July 23-24, 1992 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd. |
February 21-22, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Riyadh |
Met with the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. |
April 27, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
King Khalid Military City, Riyadh |
Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with King Fahd. |
October 28-29, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Jeddah |
Met with the Gulf Cooperation Council Foreign Ministers and discussed the
situation in Iraq with King Fahd. |
March 12, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Dhahran |
Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud and with U.S. and Saudi military
personnel. |
June 26, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Jeddah, Abha, Prince Sultan Air Base |
Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, with Gulf Cooperation Council
Foreign Ministers, and visited U.S. military personnel. |
September 13-14, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Iraq crisis with senior Saudi officials. |
November 16-17, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Iraq crisis with Crown Prince Abdullah. |
February 1-2, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh, Prince Sultan Air Base |
Discussed the Iraq crisis with King Fahd and senior Saudi officials and
addressed U.S. military personnel. |
January 27-28, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Met with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah. |
December 6-7, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Riyadh |
Discussed the Middle East peace process with King Fahd and senior officials;
also met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. |
October 17-18, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Riyadh |
Met with senior Saudi officials. |
February 26, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and visited the Vinnell Compound after a
terrorist attack. |
May 13, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
March 19, 2004 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Jeddah |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah, Foreign Minister Prince Saud, and Iraqi Prime
Minister Allawi. |
July 28-29, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Met with Crown Prince Abdullah and senior Saudi officials. |
June 20-21, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Jeddah |
Attended a Strategic Dialogue meeting and met with Foreign Minister Prince
Saud. |
November 12-13, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
February 22-23, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
October 2-3, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
January 15-16, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud. |
August 1, 2007 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Bush. Met with Foreign Minister Prince Saud. |
January 14-15, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Riyadh |
Accompanied President Bush. |
May 16-17, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Riyadh, Jeddah |
Met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud. Visited the Organization
of the Islamic Conference headquarters and made a speech at the Dar Al-Hekma College in
Jeddah on February 16. |
February 15-16, 2010 |
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