[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A HERO IN WAR, HE DIED FOR PEACE

  (Mr. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, the epitaph of Prime Minister Yitzhak 
Rabin could fill volumes. He served his country tirelessly. He helped 
lead her to triumph in the 1967 war. He won the Nobel Prize for his 
efforts to bring her an everlasting peace.
  Prime Minister Rabin had the rare ability to bring diverse people 
together in the pursuit of peace. He earned the admiration and the 
respect of the people of Israel and people throughout the world. I am 
shocked and saddened that such a brave man would be brought down so 
brutally.
  So, in the great shadow of his loss, this is a sad time for Israel, 
America, and the world. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Rabin's 
family and with the people of one of America's closest allies, Israel. 
He will go down in history as a hero in war, he died for peace.

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