Dignitaries honor Tom Lantos; Livni: World lost a great leader

[Behind the Aegis]

American and foreign dignitaries gathered at Capitol Hill's Statuary Hall on Thursday for the memorial service for Representative Tom Lantos, who died Tuesday at the age of 80.

Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress, announced approximately a month ago that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni addressed the mourners, saying "the free world has lost a great leader, and Israel has lost a great friend."
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"Tom Lantos represents in our eyes - as a man - what we aspire to represent as a nation," Livni said. "In the Holocaust, Tom lost his family and all that was dear to him, but he never abandoned his values or lost his self-respect."

The memorial service was attended among others by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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[sam sarrha]

1. did the Republicans maniacally interrupt this Memorial too.??