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The most quoted words from the speech which President Biden read on July 16 while seated at a table in Jeddah with the leaders of eight autocracies (the six GCC monarchies, Egypt and Jordan) and the interim prime minister of one dysfunctional remnant of American regime change (Iraq) was: "We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran. And we'll seek to build on this moment with active, principled American leadership. The United States is not going anywhere." More
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by John Whitbeck.