Saudi Arabia

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Name	Locale	Remarks	Date
Richard M. Nixon	Jidda	Met with King Faisal.	June 14–15, 1974
Jimmy Carter	Riyadh	Met with King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd.	January 3–4, 1978
George H.W. Bush	Jeddah, Dhahran	Met with King Fahd and the Amir of Kuwait. Addressed U.S. and British military personnel in eastern Saudi Arabia.	November 21–22, 1990
George H.W. Bush	Riyadh	Met with King Fahd.	December 31, 1992
William J. Clinton	King Khalid Military City	Met with King Fahd.	October 28, 1994
George W. Bush	Riyadh, Al-Janadriyah	Met with King Abdullah.	January 14–16, 2008
George W. Bush	Riyadh, Al-Janadriyah	Met with King Abdullah.	May 16–17, 2008
Barack Obama	Riyadh	Met with King Abdullah.	June 3–4, 2009
Barack Obama	Riyadh, Rawdat Khurain	Met with King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz al-Saud.	March 28–29, 2014
Barack Obama	Riyadh	Met with King Salman bin Abdel Aziz al-Saud and senior officials.	January 27, 2015
Barack Obama	Riyadh	Met with King Salman bin Abd-al Aziz Al Saud and attended the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit.	April 20–21, 2016
Donald J. Trump	Riyadh	Met with King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud. Signed military sales agreement. Met with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council.	May 20–22, 2017
Joseph R. Biden	Jeddah	Met with King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud. Attended Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council.	July 15–16, 2022