[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E710]
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                  CONGRATULATING ISRAEL'S ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. SIDNEY R. YATES

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 29, 1998

  Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, my time in Congress is almost the same as 
Israel's birth and growth. I was elected to the House for the first 
time in November 1948. Israel became a Nation in May 1948. I have known 
all of its leaders and Ambassadors to the United States, including 
Yitzhak Rabin, Ben Gurion, Levi Eshkal, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and 
the other stalwarts in a long line of patriots who have developed 
Israel into the splended nation it is today.
  Today, Addie and I would like to extend our profound congratulations 
to Israel, whose courage and dignity have been an inspiration to the 
world.
  Happy Anniversary Israel.

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