Washington, DC - President Barack Obama will lead a delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to offer condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, on the passing of the King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz.

  • The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, will lead the delegation on January 27, 2015.

Members of the Presidential Delegation:

  • The Honorable Joseph W. Westphal, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States of America
  • The Honorable John McCain, United States Senator from the State of Arizona
  • The Honorable Mark Warner, United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Representative from the State of California
  • The Honorable Eliot Engel, Representative from the State of New York
  • The Honorable Ami Bera, M.D., Representative from the State of California
  • The Honorable Joseph Crowley, Representative from the State of New York
  • The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
  • The Honorable Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor
  • The Honorable John Podesta, Counselor to the President
  • The Honorable Anita Breckenridge, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
  • The Honorable Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
  • The Honorable Jennifer Palmieri, Assistant to the President and Director of Communications
  • The Honorable Benjamin Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting
  • The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
  • The Honorable Josh Earnest, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary
  • The Honorable Chase Cushman, Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling and Advance
  • The Honorable Peter A. Selfridge, United States Chief of Protocol
  • The Honorable John Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • The Honorable Melissa Winter, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady
  • General Lloyd J. Austin III, Commander of U.S. Central Command
  • The Honorable James Baker, Former Secretary of State of the United States of America
  • The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State of the United States of America
  • The Honorable Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
  • The Honorable Brent Scowcroft, Former National Security Advisor of the United States of America
  • The Honorable Sandy Berger, Former National Security Advisor of the United States of America
  • The Honorable Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor of the United States of America
  • The Honorable Frances Fragos Townsend, Former Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security