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Thatcher, Gorbachev Honor Reagan Memory
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Jun 11, 2004 02:12pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Friday, June 11, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Thatcher, Gorbachev Honor Reagan Memory
The Honolulu Advertiser
Those who sat with Reagan in the world's elite power clique 20 years ago perched somberly in Washington National Cathedral, their sad eyes cast on the flag-draped coffin of the former president. "With the lever of American patriotism, he lifted up the world," former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in a videotaped eulogy. "And so today the world mourns the passing of the Great Liberator and echoes his prayer: 'God Bless America.'"
Seated near the front was Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, who worked with Reagan as both an ally and an adversary. "Was it accurate to say that Reagan won the Cold War? That's not serious," Gorbachev said Thursday night during a gathering at the Russian Embassy. "I think we all lost the Cold War, particularly the Soviet Union We only won when the Cold War ended."
Also among the grieving were the current American president, George W. Bush; his four living predecessors, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford; and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, 167 ambassadors, 25 current leaders, 14 foreign ministers and 11 former heads of state.
"It is appropriate that the German chancellor says, 'Thank you,' and that is what I'm doing," said German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. In his country, unified by the fall of the Berlin Wall after Reagan left office, flags were lowered to half-staff at federal buildings. |
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