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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1981
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US leaders praise
Sadat’s character
United Press International
“Courageous”, “stalwart”, and
“wise” were among the words
U.S. leaders used to describe
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
while also voicing hope the fallen
leader’s Middle East peace
crusade will ultimately triumph.
“America has lost a close
friend, the world has lost a great
statesman; mankind has lost a
champion of peace,” said Presi
dent Reagan.
“He helped improve a world
tormented by malice and pet
tiness,” he said. “Most important,
he was a humanitarian unafraid to
make peace.”
Former President Carter, who
hosted the Camp David peace
talks between Sadat and Israeli
Prime Minister Menachem Begin
in 1978, said Sadat was ‘‘the
greatest world leader I have ever
known.”
Carter called Sadat “bold, cou
rageous and very knowledgable
about strategic interrelationships
among those Middle East coun
tries; even those who publicly
disagree with him, privately give
him their support and admira
tion. ”
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Al
fred Atherton said, “The worldl
will surely miss President Sadat’s
vision, wisdom and humanity.”
Both Houses of Congress Tues
day unanimously approved resol
utions commemorating Sadat and
expressing condolences to the
Egyptian people.
“I know what they are feeling
and I share their sorrow,” Sen.
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. said
in reference to the assassinations
of his brothers President John F.
Kennedy and Sen. Robert Ken
nedy.
“The greatest tribute we can
pay to him (Sadat) now is to finish
his work.”
Senate Republican leader
Howard Baker of Tennessee
called Sadat “one of the great
leaders of our time . . . Surely
no man has risked more than he
in the quest for peace.”
Said Baker, “President Sadat’s
dream of peace shall never die.”
Senate Democratic leader
Robert Byrd of West Virginia said
the world “owes President Sadat
a deep debt of gratitude” for his
peace efforts.
Sen. John Tower, R-Texas,
chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, said the fu
ture in the Middle East “is very
much an unknown factor now that
Sadat had been removed from the
scene.”
House speaker Thomas
O’Neill, D-Mass., said Sadat “was
a unique leader who truly turned
the tide of history through his
own considerable talent and ef
forts. All Americans mourn his
loss.”
Former United Nations Am
bassador Andrew Young, a
lieutenant to slain civil rights
leader Martin Luther King Jr.,
said, “President Sadat’s dream of
peace in the Middle East will pro
bably be advanced by this cruel
and brutal act.”
StafT photo by Brian Tate
Weighted down
This Zinnia in the Texas A&M University Floral Test Garden bows with the weight of the rain that fell Tuesday.
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■ASHINGTON — President
Jgan's embattled AWACS
for Saudi Arabia was
in the crossfire of 1 ues-
*5 assassination of Egyptian
ler Anwar Sadat. Whether it
■ helped or hurt wasn’t clear.
ros fladat was killed in an attack
.■le reviewing troops on the
to Warts of Cairo.
1Rl fl)ne opponent to the sale of the
planes said the death of
at pushed the entire question
hliddle East policy “back to
■are one. But a conservative
■ator said the assassination had
■nged his mind and he now
■ports the $8.5 billion AWACS
enate Republican leader
ward Baker called for a
oratorium” in the AWACS de-
“until we have had a chance
digest the enonninity of this
The Senate is the main battle
ground for the controversy,
which has pivoted around Israeli
opposition to the sale and ques
tions about whether the sensitive
American Technology would be
safe in the hands of the Saudi
monarchy.
Sen. Larry Pressler, R-S.D.,
an opponent of the sale, said
Sadat’s death will lessen its
chances for approval because the
assassination “will reinforce to the
American public the instability of
certain Arab governments.”
Both houses of Congress must
reject the proposal in order to
block the sale. Substantial pro-
Israeli opposition in the House
seems to make its veto there
likely.
Several congressmen, includ
ing Rep. Stephen Solarz, D-N.Y.,
called for Reagan to withdraw the
proposal temporarily to allow for
an assessment of the post-Sadat
Middle East.
Rep. William Broomfield, of
Michigan, the ranking Republi
can on the House Foreign Affairs
Committee and an opponent of
the sale, said, “If the news of
Sadat’s death is correct, you don’t
have to worry about AWACS
. •. . because then we ll be back
to square one in the Middle East
conflict.”
One immediate result of
Sadat’s death was a 24-hour delay
of a scheduled House Foreign Af
fairs Committee vote on a resolu
tion to disapprove the sale. The
committee is expected to oppose
the package when it votes today.
The number of senators formal
ly committed to vote against the
sale dropped from 50 to 49 — two
less than the needed majority —
when Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah,
announced that Sadat’s death
changed his mind.
“If there’s ever a time to sup
port the president of the United
States, this is the time,” Hatch
said after a White House meet
ing. “It’s very important to sup
port AWACS at this time.”
But Assistant Senate Demo
cratic leader Alan Cranston of
California noted that the Hatch
defection was balanced by the
newly announced opposition of
Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska.
Cranston said he still expected
the Senate would reject the sale,
but conceded he was “not as cer
tain” in the aftermath of the assas
sination.
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