sadat was, many others. i'm optimistic, not as a naive foolish person, but i'm optimistic because i know the israelis and the lebanese and the syrians and jordanians and the palestinians and the egyptians, i know the israeli mothers want peace. palestinian mothers want peace. syrian mothers want peace. jordanian mothers want peace. the obstacle are politicians who don't have the courage to honor the demands and prayers of the mothers. i made the same statement in a speech to the knesset back in those days. i don't know what's going to happen in the future. i'm inclined to be cautiously optimistic. those of us in this room who have demonstrated an interest in the process need to be involved. however we might. some with authority, some without authority. all of us with some degree of influence. we need to support president clinton in his efforts. i sent him a congratulatory letter day before yesterday. we need to strengthen the jewish community in this country who are deeply concerned about the security of the

i went over and confronted sadat . the only harsh confrontation we ever had. i told him he had betrayed me and broken his promise to me. that if he left camp david, he left me in the israelis there, the condemnation of the world would be on him. eventually he decided to stay. he made two demands of me in my negotiation. one, we have a comprehensive agreement on behalf of the palestinians there. secondly, the israeli citizens had to leave ejection territory. -- egyptian territory. there was general consensus at camp david that sadat trusted me too much and begin did not trust me. announcer: we go live to the motorcade carrying the body of jimmy carter as it arrives at the carter presidential center for a memorial service honoring the late president, live coverage on c-span.

anwar sadat was assassinated and they were moping until that moment. jimmy carter loved anwar sadat of egypt, not just for camp david but they became friends. he realized anwar sadat gave his life for camp david. "i can give my life for peace." the carter center built where sherman witnessed the burning of atlanta. i just told you carter wouldn't sing the song at the naval academy about the burning of atlanta. it took off. it does election monitoring. combating anything from guinea worm, river blindness, on and on. they called it parachuting for peace. carter would go in and visit people around the world, unsavory leaders. they went with president carter tahiti and watched him how he interacted with how haiti can build a government and i was with him to see yasser arafat and gaza city at one point and we might hear from terry adams who knows all of this because he was the lawyer for president carter dealing with these carter years. >> norah: look at this now, this is president carter's motorcade, they have just come from andrews air force base. they ar

president sadat refers often to his guidance from god almighty. the fact that he didn't begin to build descended from abraham, that their brothers not only in religious beliefs, but. by blood. and that was of the things that i believe gave us so a kind of a clear, unshakable purpose, because we all believe that god wanted us to work toward peace. it was one of the few things on which we agreed first. president sadat, in a private meeting, brought up hope th after a peace treaty is signed and i predict will be signed without undue delay, that we might meet on mount sinai. and they're going to meet if they agreed that would be a wonderful gesture to combine three different kinds of people, three different races, three different religions and a public demonstration of a commitment to peace among all people. i don't know if it'll work that way, but after the sinai is restored to egypt, sadat will build on top of that mountain, an arab mosque and a jewish synagogue and a christian church, which i think would be a wonderful gesture. this morning we're t

the first was the deal between sadat _ first was the deal between sadat and begin.. he achieved peace between israel and egypt. he also— peace between israel and egypt. he also made a second deal with brezhnev — he also made a second deal with brezhnev. those deals made the will and — brezhnev. those deals made the will and safer place. he was the longest lived of all american presidents. he lived for 30 — american presidents. he lived for 30 years after his presidential term. for 30 years after his presidentialterm. he promoted presidential term. he promoted human— presidentialterm. he promoted human rights and establish the carter— human rights and establish the carter centre. he won the nobel peace _ carter centre. he won the nobel peace prize and he achieved more — peace prize and he achieved more than any other president in history _ more than any other president in history. he more than any other president in history-— more than any other president in history. he was exceptional. with the passage _ in history. he was exceptional. with the passage of _ in histo

peter: anwar sadat was assassinated three years later in egypt and. it as a direct result of these peace accord? stuart: i believe that it was. when he we want to jerusalem the first time and declared no more war, his own foreign minister resigned. at camp david. at camp david, a second foreign minister resigned. in the middle of the talks, he didn't make it public but he resigned because he thought that was giving away too much and he was killed by islamic radicals who opposed his peace initiative so he took his life in his own hands when he went to jeers lem. it was a courageous affect and one of the attributes i mentioned for a great associate? air and statesman was courage. the political courage to break from the past. example, again, sadat going to jerusalem. crown prince of uae. making peace with israel. that was not popular with his public. and most i think telling was the good friday agreement between the catholics and potest analysis in northern ireland. mediated by former u.s. senator and majority leader journal mitchell and from you had a s

--anwar sadat two presidents in a room is one too many. long enough. it was somewhere over the atlantic that jimmy and i forged a friendship that transcends politics. to exercise one of the privileges of a former president, forgetting that either one of us had ever said harsh words about the other in the heat of battle. then we got to much more enjoyable subjects discussing our families, our faith, experiences and discovering there is indeed life after the white house. we commiserated over the high cost of building presidential libraries and even more regrettable fact that most of that fundraising for admirable institutions fell to us personally. on the spot we agreed to participate in programs at each other's library beginning with a series of conferences on arms control. if that wasn't newsworthy enough, we told reporters on the plane, a lasting middle east peace would require the united states to make tough decisions like confronting palestinian issue directly, building on the work to which president sadat had literally given his life.

found ourselves together again, this time on air force one, headed to the great peace maker an war sadathat two presidents in a room is one too many. frankly, i wondered how awkward that long flight might be to cairo and it was a long flight but the return trip was not nearly long enough. for it was somewhere over the atlantic that jimmy and i forged a friendship that transcends politics. we immediately decided to exercise one of the privileges of the former president, forgetting that either one of us had ever said any harsh words about the other one in the heated battle and we got on to discussing our families, our faith, and sharing our experiences in discovering that there is indeed life after the white house. we commiserated over the high costs of building presidential libraries and theefen more regrettable fath that most of that fundraising for these otherwise admirable institutions fell to us personally. on the spot we agreed to participate in programs at each other's libraries, beginning with a series of conferences on arms control. if that wasn't newsworthy enough, we told report

this time aboard air force one bound for the funeral of the great peacemaker sadat.s an old line to the effect that two presidents in a room is one too many. [laughter] frankly, i wondered how awkward that long flight might be to cairo and it was a long flight but the return trip was not nearly long enough. for it was somewhere over the atlantic that jimmy and i forged a friendship that transcends politics. we immediately decided to exercise one of the privileges of a former president, forgetting that either one of us had ever said any harsh words about the other one in the heat of battle. then we got onto much more enjoyable subjects discussing our families, our faith, and sharing our experiences in discovering that there is indeed life after the white house. we commiserated over the high cost of building presidential libraries. [laughter] and the even more regrettable fact that most of that fundraising for these otherwise admirable institutions fell to us personally. on the spot we agreed to participate in programs and each other's library beginning with a series o

in october 8 of that year sadat was assassinated. the vice president immediately took office and he was the anointed successor. since then for 30 years or so, he has chosen not to have a vice president. although he started out as a very enlightened leader following in sadat's footsteps, after a while he became so infatuated with powerful and his family got more and more powerful in addition to him, and they became very rich and investing in moneymaking schemes in egypt that he decided not to let anybody challenge him for president. so, for 30 years you might say they had no elements of democracy or freedom and became increasingly abusive. then of course came the demonstrations in tunisia that were successful, and then they began about three weeks ago, i think yesterday, in egypt. not organized by any particular group, not the muslim brotherhood or anyone else, because all the political parties had been kept out of existence. but they grew and eventually he was forced to leave. i do not know what is going to happen now. the carter cen

for 13 days and nights, he negotiated with israel's begin and egypt's sadat.t was the 11th hour, by appealing to begin's love of his grandchildren. for the past 45 years, the egypt-israel peace treaty has never been violated and laid the foundation for the abraham accord. on the other side of the ledger was iran. jimmy carter did not lose iran, the shah did. but the hostage crisis was a major factor in denying him a second term. despite his support for the shah. because he placed the safe return of the hostages above his own political fortunes. he took full responsibility for the failure of the bold hostage rescue mission and worked tirelessly, even after his bitter re-election defeat to ronald reagan, securing their release on the last day of his presidency. in the end, jimmy carter taught all of us how to live a life fulfilled with faith and service. he said, i have one life to live. i feel like god wants me to do the best i can do with it. to let me live my life so that it will be meaningful. well, mr. president, you have more than achieved that goal. he ma

i said he is not white, and that was and more sadat. -- and more sadat -- on a person that made an impact on me was my earliest school superintendent. we have plenty of heroes we can look upon. and so, we don't need to look far for inspiration. but i happen to be religious. i think the ultimate standard of perfection for a human being is the life of jesus christ. that is what i teach in my little church. 2000 years ago, we can look in recent years and see people who exhibited human courage and wisdom. the highest ideals that should guide us all. before mr. kayongo: mr. kayongo: i think you for what has been a powerful hour, you are a sagacious man, of morality and kindness. i want to say, you are my hero. fmr. pres. carter: thanks. thank you. [applause] fmr. pres. carter: [indiscernible] stand up again. you have been very busy. [applause] [indiscernible] she has a very important place in my life as well, and i want to recognize her. thank you. [applause] mr. kayongo: thank you so much for coming and being with us. we want to thank the museum for hosting us. ambassador peters for being wit

i want to ask you tonight to continue to pray for jimmy, for prime minister begging for president sadat. pray for them. pray for those who are with them and that the summit will be a success. good night. i love every one of you. >> if you've ever read the history of the talks in camp david between begin and sadat, it's riveting story of how many times each of the other sides were willing to pull out, and the fact that carter was there with his wife, managing the whole thing, going from side to side, not just in policy things, but in personality things. all the things you really need to do to reconcile people who have hated each other for their lifetimes of human rights. >> i had been hired very specifically to work on foreign policy issues for the carter administration. and i have to tell you, as somebody that was sitting in washington while they all were at camp david, it was fairly nerve wracking because people kept saying, when are they coming down? when are they coming down from the mountain? and they were there for a couple of weeks. >> he brings both of these guys, takes them up o

for 13 days and nights, he negotiated with israel's menachem begin and egypt's anwar sadat, personally drafting more than 20 peace proposals and shuttling them between the israeli and egyptian delegations. and he saved the agreement at the 11th hour. and it was the 11th hour by appealing to begin's love of his grandchildren for the past 45 years, the egypt-israel peace treaty has never been violated and laid the foundation for the abraham accords. on the other side of the ledger was iran. jimmy carter did not lose iran. the shah did. but the hostage crisis was a major factor in denying him a second term. despite his support for the shah. because he placed the safe return of the hostages above his own political fortunes, he took full responsibility for the failure of the bold hostage rescue mission and worked tirelessly even after his bitter reelection defeat to ronald reagan, securing their release on the last day of his presidency. in the end, jimmy carter taught all of us how to live a life fulfilled with faith and service, he said, i have life to live. i feel like god wants me to do

menachem begin, anwar sadat. valerie's giscard d'estaing, jim callahan. and then margaret thatcher. some hefty names in in modern history. there was a notable person and an amateur, most notably maybe of the same heft as some of the other people. i named. but somebody you had to deal with when figuring out how to settle the 100 year old challenge of the panama canal, that was the most difficult political issue i ever faced. it was more difficult for me to get seven votes to approve a very unpopular treaty than it was to be president in the first place. really? yes. and i think that the vote of the senate, it was a right vote, was the most courageous act that any member of the congress has ever taken, just one quick statistic of a 20 people who voted for the treaty in the senate in 1978, they were up for reelection that year. out of a 20, only seven came back to the senate and they january and the attrition rate two years later in 1980 was almost as equal to that. but it was the right thing to do and it alleviated tension had been building up between the united states, latin american

together again, this time aboard air force one bound for the funeral of the great peacemaker anwar sadatthe atlantic that jimmy and i forged a friendship that transcends politics. we immediately decided to exercise one of the privileges of a former president, forgetting that either one of us had ever said any harsh words about the other one in the heat of battle. then we got onto much more enjoyable subjects, discussing our families, our faith, and sharing our experiences and discovering that there is indeed life after the white house. we commiserated over the high cost of building presidential libraries. and the even more regarding the fact that most of that fundraising for these otherwise admirable institutions felt it was personally. on the spot, we agreed to participate in programs at each other's library, beginning with a series of conferences on arms control. and if that wasn't newsworthy enough, we told reporters on the plane that everlasting middle east peace would require the united states to make tough decisions, like confirming the palestinian issue directly -- confronting --

he made a deal anwar sadat and said, no more wars. it's over. even in the hamas situation since last year, they had closed that border. there is nobody going back and forth between hamas territory, the gaza strip and egypt. but i think on the larger question, the two state, you know, him and tom friedmann i think are the only that keep saying over and over again in "the new york times," we have to have a two-state solution or some day we will have a one-state solution. they have to put it together as one country. i think br people see that -- >> john kerry said as preview to apartheid. the other piece is his environmentalism. when he put the solar panels on the white house -- >> who took them down? >> reagan. my mom didn't. we did it in our house because we were trying to do -- you know, go along with what carter was doing. my mother believed in it. he was ahead of his time in terms of things like climate change. >> the sweater hurt him. nobody wanted a sweater. i have thought it was beautiful at the church today, beautiful national cathedral. w

relationship flowered on a plane on air force one, coming back from anwar sadat's funeral. he'd been assassinated largely for his efforts to bring peace to the middle east. he'd been assassinated in 1981, and ford and carter realized they were with nixon. but nixon, as was his wont, went off in his own direction, left them alone, and they realized they had hours together. so they started talking and they started bonding over how difficult it was to raise money for the presidential libraries. and before the trip ended, they were they had been professional allies. uh, carter had invited ford into the white house during his presidency. he had relied on ford to lobby for the panama canal treaties among republican senators. but they became friends, and that friendship was clear from what jimmy carter said in 2007. one more point. just before ford died, one of his last conversations with jimmy carter, he called carter to ask him, would you give the eulogy at my funeral? carter was surprised and said, only if you'll let me. if you'll give the eulogy at my funeral, if i go first. a

in october 8 of that year sadat was assassinated. the vice president immediately took office and he was the anointed successor. since then for 30 years or so, he has chosen not to have a vice president. although he started out as a very enlightened leader following in sadat's footsteps, -- siddat footsteps, after a while he became so infatuated with powerful and his family got more and more powerful in addition to him, and they became very rich and investing in moneymaking schemes in egypt that he decided not to let anybody challenge him for president. so, for 30 years you might say they had no elements of democracy or freedom and became increasingly abusive. then of course came the demonstrations in tunisia that were successful, and then they began about three weeks ago, i think yesterday, in egypt. not organized by any particular group, not the muslim brotherhood or anyone else, because all the political parties had been kept out of existence. but they grew and eventually he was forced to leave. i do not know what is going to happe

he realized that that would endanger sadat's own life, to come back empty handed after he had made the historic trip to jerusalem and be a stain on his presidency. so he got susan clough to make eight copies of the original photo when they took it, got the names of each, walked it over to begin's cabin, begin read each one aloud. while carter was there. his eyes teared. his lips quivered. he put his suitcase down. he says, for my grandchildren, i'll make one last try. and that's how the final agreement was reached. >> how much of that effort that he had to try to bring peace in the middle east, and he would often refer to the holy land, was based on his own religious background. >> oh, that was a central part of it. that was his motivation. but i think it's important, given what's happening today in israel-palestine, to also understand that jimmy carter believed that in camp david, he had also gotten more than just peace between egypt and israel. he had gotten a pathway. the ground rules for palestinian autonomy, which might eventually lead to lead to a two state solution. and he thoug

this time aboard air force one bound for the funeral of the great peacemaker anwar sadat. there's a >> old-line to the effect 2 presidents in a room. one too many. >> wondered how awkward that long flight might be to cairo. and it was a long flight. but >> the return trip. was not nearly long enough. for it was somewhere over the atlantic. that jimmy not forged a friendship. that transcends politics. we immediately decided to exercise. >> one of the privileges of a former president forgetting that either one of us ever said any harsh words about the other one in the heat of battle. then we got onto much more enjoyable subjects discussed in our families. our fate and sharing our experiences and discovering that there is in life after the white house. missouri over the high cost of building presidential libraries. >> and the even more regrettable fact that most of that fund raising for these otherwise admirable institutions felt to us personally >> on the spot we agreed to participate in programs each other's library beginning beginning with a series of conferences on arms c

egypt's anwar sadat. personally drafting 120 peace proposal selling them between the israeli. and egyptian delegations and he saved the agreement at the 11th hour and it was the 11th hour that feeling to vegas loved grandchildren. 45 years. the egypt, peace treaty has never been violated and laid the foundation for the abraham accord. on the other side of the ledger was a rant. jimmy carter did not and lose iran. the charges. a hostage crisis was a major factor and deny him a second term. despite his support for the trial. because he placed the safe return, the hostages above his own political fortunes. he took full responsibility for the failure of the poll hostage rescue mission. and worked tirelessly. even after his bitter reelection, 2 feet to ronald reagan, securing their release on the last day of his presence. carter taught all of us. have a live a life filled with faith and service. he said i have. one life to live. i feel like god wants me to do the best that can do so let me live my life. so that will be meaningful. mr. president, you have more than that achieve that

called president gerald ford, former president, and told him we had success at camp david and begin and sadat got on the phone and reported to president ford. that obviously was one of the great highlights of our time here. reporter: are you enjoying life these days? president carter: well, not too long ago i was interviewed on my 70th birthday and the interviewer with a different network asked me what is the best time of your life you've been a naval office and submariner and businessman and you've been a governor and president, what's the best time of your life. i thought for a few minutes and finally said now is the best time of my life. we have all the advantages of having served as leaders of the greatest nation of the world and have an intimate relationship with people who are suffering in 35 african nations, the carter center has projects there. we help to promote democracy and freedom and to end conflicts and we have a very good personal life with our family and enough time to spend with our kids and grandchildren, so i think this is the best time of life. reporter: i'll give you the

achievements of any president in american history. 13 days between prime minister begin and president sadat of egypt. he drafted 22 separate peace agreements and concluded a peace that has lasted now for over 40 years. even during the gaza tension. he applied soft power of human rights for the first time of any president against the soviet union. together with hard power, the hard power is always forgotten. u.s. human rights people say. but what else? well, all the weapons systems that president reagan implemented during the cold war against the soviet union, every single one, the mx missile, the cruise missile, the stealth bomber, the intermediate nuclear weapons in europe. every one of those. victor he started, he ended the post-vietnam defense decline. so he combined both the soft power of human rights against the soviet union and hard power. and then he brought that human rights campaign to south america and to latin america. we cut off arms to brazil, to uruguay, to argentina, to chile, because of their human rights violations and as a result, thousands of political prisoners were rele

and also i think the one time where his faith energized him was in the negotiations with begin and sadat them and out of his religious determination, wanted to make peace between egypt and israel. howard: can -- which he ultimately did, and that peace still stands. it's all these years later, and there's a funeral over the next few days. steven weissman, great to see you. >> thanks. howard: still to come, that secret smear campaign against actress blake lively, her costar justin baldoni retaliates by -- it's time we listen to science. one a day is formulated with key nutrients to support whole body health. one a day. science that matters. over the years, you've talked to him about curveballs. you've talked to him about strategy. you've talked winning seasons... ...losing seasons... ...and the off season. now, it's time to talk about how you want to live your next season. for over 30 years, right at ho s the tools they need to plan the next chapter of their lives, and the care they need to stay where they want to be... right at home. call or visit our website, and let's start talking abou

their friendship was forged on the flight back from egypt, after the burial, the funeral of an war sadat, who had been the partner for peace and was assassinated exactly because he made peace with israel. and they made a pact to get past their rivalries in 1976 from a bitter campaign and be friends. and they were friends for life. and really close friends. i got to know jerry ford very well in his senior years and in his retirement. he talked so movingly about jimmy carter and what jimmy carter meant for him. and that really came through in the eulogy that was written, which was read at the funeral by steve ford, who is a minister and one of his sons. they had teased each other and joked on the phone, about who would outlive the other to give the eulogy. and jimmy carter did eulogize gerald ford at his funeral. the fact that they had made that decision. and on air force one, returning from egypt. they had sort of shocked and created controversy by telling the press corps at air force one, that the unfinished business of camp david was to do something for the palestinians for their state,

thereby building on the work to which president sadat. had literally given his life. washington establishment. now, honesty and truth telling. synonymous with the name jimmy carter. those traits were instilled to him by his loving parents, lillian and earl carter. and the strength of his honesty was reinforced by his up bringing in the rural south, poised on the brink of social transformation. he displayed that honesty throughout his life as a naval officer, state legislator, governor, president, and world leader. for jimmy carter, honesty was not a aspirational goal. it was part of his very soul. now, i think jimmy wrote more books than any former president. once asked if he really enjoyed writing, he replied with that familiar twinkle in his eye. it beats picking cotton. but i think he enjoyed writing for another reason. as an author, he was under no pressure to tailor his opinions to some political constituency or potential contributor. now, both of us had experienced a harsh reality that defeat at the polls can be painful. but we also came to know a more important

came in 1978, when he brokered marathon diplomatic talks between israel's menachem begin and anwar sadat of egypt. the resulting camp david accords ended years of fighting between the two countries. >> we've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking. stop cursing and start praying. >> the late 70s were a time of oil shortages, high unemployment and double digit inflation. carter worked diligently to solve these problems, but the economy slipped into a recession, then an event that would dominate theemainder of carter's presidency. iranian militants captured and held 52 american embassy employees hostage in tehran. unable to negotiate their release, carter ordered a rescue mission which ended in disaster. eight american servicemen died when their helicopters collided in the iranian desert. >> americans in iran were mistreated. >> in 1980, voters rejected carter's bid for a second term. and to add insult to injury, on the day he left office, the american hostages in tehran were released to the new reagan administration. carter returned to georgia and through his

anwar sadat and israeli private after knocking big and -- menachem begin. they established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between israel and egypt in mar of 1979. president carter and the u.s. government played leading roles in creating opportunity for this agreement to occur. carter and his secretary of state cyrus vance pursued intense negotiations with arab and israeli leaders hoping to reconvene the geneva conference which had been established in december of 1973 to seek an end to the arab-israeli dispute. jerome next in california. caller: good morning. oroyo grande. thank you for the opportunity to speak. i had voted for jimmy carter. i'm probably one of the older persons calling. i am 81 and change. i don't follow politics that critically. here is a man who could walk with mandela, martin luther king, abraham lincoln and not necessarily walk behind them either but equally walk with them. he lived an incredible life as i am learning and listening to him being interviewed and listening to the people calling. i only hope america, whic

he took the anwar sadat up to gettysburg -- it's not far away from camp david -- and wanted to show them he said all the guys coming from egypt were all military people because it was a military regime. a good one, but a military region. come up as a terrorist fighter for israel in the beginning in '48. didn't know anything about this military history. when they got to the place where lincoln gave the gettysburg address, out of nowhere this little guy quoted every word of the gettysburg address out loud. he started reciting it to all these generals and everybody else there and carter says i get choked up just thinking about that, that moment where this little guy who made a point of memorizing one of our greatest speeches. again, it was peace. he tried to find peace with iron and the hostage crisis. i think he made one mistake. he made the hostages the most important thing in the world, not the issue of ridiculing the united states and burning our flag and trooping them around with blindfolds on. he said they're the most important people here i'm going to get them back alive and to do th

then he and president ford and i flew over to anwar sadat funeral. on one of the air force planes. and we had chance to get personally acquainted better on that flight. so i had a very wonderful relationship nixon and believe he was one of the best authors and writers of of history and biography that i've ever known. how did it come about that you have his gate or his outside of your circling your house here. oh this was a fence that was used at key biscayne when president nixon used that, uh, that site as a presidential retreat. and so when i moved in two planes, it belonged to the secret service. mm hmm. and as part of the apparatus, they put the fence around part of our house next to madison is at madison. jimmy, how an admirer of yours from way back. i'm 77. there are two questions. the first is, if not one boy bullet or a bomb had gone to vietnam. considering the geopolitical measure at the time, what do you think the result would have been worldwide? and secondly have you read bridget gabrielle's book called because they hate? it was published in 205. she's originally from le

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one of the agreements that president sadat is sending tonight are entitled a framework for peace in theiddle east. [applause] this framework concerns the principles and some specifics in the most substantive way. which will govern a comprehensive peace settlement. it deals specifically with the future of the west bank and gaza and the need to resolve the palestinian problem in all its aspects. the document proposes a five-year traditional period in the west bank and gaza during which the israeli military government will be withdrawn, and a self-governing authority will be elected. let's full autonomy. it also provides for israeli forces to remain in specified locations during this period to protect israel's security. the palestinians will have the right to participate in the determination of their own future. negotiations will resolve the final status of the west bank and gaza. and then to produce a israeli jordanian peace treaty. these negotiations will be based on all the provisions and all the principles of the united states, of the united nations security council resolution 242. and

of israel has been certified without constraint with the greatest degree of enthusiasm by president sadat, the leader of one of the greatest nations on earth. [applause] the other document is entitled framework for the conclusion of a peace treaty between egypt and israel. it provides for the full exercise of ejection sovereignty over the sinai. it calls for the full withdrawal of israeli forces from the sinai. and after withdrawal, which will be accomplished very quickly, the establishment of normal, peaceful relations between the two countries, including diplomatic relations. [applause] [applause] together, with accompanying letters which we will make public tomorrow, these two camp david agreements provide the basis for progress and peace throughout the middle east. there is one issue on which agreement has not been reached. egypt states and the agreement to remove settlement from egyptian territory as a prerequisite to the peace treaty. israel states that the issue of israeli settlements should be resolved during the peace negotiations. that is a substantial difference. in the next tw

witnessing history when president carter negotiated the historic peace treaty between israel and egypt with sadat standing next to him on the lawn of the white house. finally, his brilliant national security team, that set in place the dominoes that would ultimately result in the collapse of the society union starting in poland in 1988 and then 1991 the entire ussr, giving millions of people a chance to have liberty for the first time in 100 years or more. i want to yield back my time and say that i believe that president carter will go down in history like president truman, an honest man who when he finished his service with eback tome to a place called plains, georgia, where he and rosalynn, his wife, and their family lived out their years in a home they built themselves. he was interested in preserving this republic and strengthening it. his life is a lesson to all. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. t