CNN reported that the Saudi crown prince brought up the abuse of Abu Ghraib when he was confronted by the president.
Biden said that he told the crown prince that he was responsible for the death of the Saudi journalist.
According to CNN's new account of the meeting, when confronted about the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison by US forces, and the death of a Palestinian-American journalist in the West Bank, MBS reminded Biden of the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu
In an interview with CNN, the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said that they investigated, punished and ensured that this wouldn't happen again. This is what nations do. This is what the US did when they made a mistake.
The leak of photographs depicting Iraqi prisoners being humiliated and abused by their US guards resulted in the imprisonment of 11 soldiers for up to 10 years.
An Israeli military operation in the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp resulted in the death of a journalist for Al-Jazeera.
Biden and his administration have come under fire for their response to Abu Akleh's death, which included dismissing a letter from 57 lawmakers to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting an investigation into the killing.
The oil crisis in Saudi Arabia was the focus of Biden's visit.
The visit came less than three years after Biden promised to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah" over the death of the journalist.
Saudi Arabia will increase oil production.
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