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Expressions of shock and tribute arrived in Cairo from Israel, where Prime Minister Menachem Begin said he had lost "not only a partner in the peace process but also a friend"; from Bonn, where Chancellor Helmut Schmidt spoke of his "bewilderment and horror"; from Tokyo, where the government called Sadat...
That night, and during the days that followed, Cairo was calm. Eleven years earlier, its millions had erupted in frenzied grief after the sudden death of Gamal Abdel Nasser. This time, the city remained unexpectedly tranquil, perhaps because Sadat aroused a different kind of emotion in his countrymen, but also...
It was a perhaps unprecedented moment in modern history: four U.S. Presidents standing side by side. As he bade farewell to Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon on the South Lawn of the White House before they departed for Sadat's funeral, Ronald Reagan paid tribute to the...
The Administration also won the backing of 16 former defense and national security officials-including Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Robert McNamara and Melvin Laird- who gathered at the White House to proclaim their support. Said Kissinger: "I believe the sale is essential for the peace process in the Middle East...
As dozens of world leaders converged on Cairo for the Egyptian President's funeral in the following days, they were joined by some 800 journalists, who set about documenting the still touchy aftermath of the assassination. But Cronkite and CBS held the edge a bit longer, delivering the first...