US President Barack Obama is slated to make a highly anticipated speech to the Muslim world on Thursday in Egypt.
Major preparations are underway in Cairo for that speech, which is being seen as an attempt to re-engage with the Muslim world.
Many believe that the speech will avoid specific proposals but focus instead on improving US-Middle East relations.
Obama's aides say the speech, to be given at Cairo University and broadcast to an audience of millions around the world, will be a "truth-telling" exercise.
It's an ongoing process that started with Obama's first television interview as the US President to a news channel from the Muslim world, Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters in White House on Wednesday.
After becoming the US President, Obama had promised to address the Muslim world, which he said was important to change the relationship between the US and Middle East.
Meanwhile, ahead of his Cairo visit, Obama stopped in Saudi Arabia for his first meetings as President with King Abdullah.
