Obama, speaking today in Amman:

I’m honored to be here in Jordan, which has been an invaluable ally and partner of the United States for many years. And I want to thank the people of Jordan for their friendship and their hospitality. Jordan’s leadership is a source of pride for its own people. I have long admired King Abdullah’s example of moderation and modernization. I look forward to discussing opportunities to deepen our cooperation on the full range of security and economic challenges that together we face in the region.

Blah, blah, blah. An “invaluable ally and partner of the United States for many years” that Obama has barely mentioned before today.

As I noted last week, the word “Jordan” does not appear on Obama’s web site in the sections entitled “Foreign Policy” “Defense” or “Iraq.” (The closest to a mention that the Kingdom of Jordan gets is one sentence on the Iraq page referring to diplomacy with “all of Iraq’s neighbors.”) The only reference to Jordan on his site in any official capacity is announcing the trip. (Obama community bloggers have mentioned the country, but I can’t find any other reference to the country; no mention of Jordan in Obama’s speeches “The Cost of War“, “The World Beyond Iraq,” “Lessons From Iraq“, his speech at a Foreign Policy Forum or his speech at AIPAC.)

Sure, Obama has “long admired King Abdullah’s example of moderation and modernization.” He just never got around to mentioning it.