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Flight of Three Presidents
Time ^ | October 26,1981 | Hugh Sidey

Posted on 04/06/2008 6:09:05 PM PDT by gusopol3

There had been nothing quite like it in American history: three former Presidents sharing the cabin of an Air Force jet as they flew to the funeral of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo. From talks with many of the dignitaries aboard the plane, TIME'S Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey put together the following account of their extraordinary mission of mourning.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: carter; ford; nixon; reagan
tells the story of flight to Sadat's funeral in 1981. Nixon, Ford and Carter went because of security concerns for Reagan.
1 posted on 04/06/2008 6:09:05 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

I worked for the short-lived Al Haig presidential campaign in 1987-88 during the Iowa caucuses. Great guy with a lovely wife.


2 posted on 04/06/2008 7:42:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Knowledge for Battle!)
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