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A bipartisan bill to honor late Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat posthumously will be introduced to Congress on Tuesday. Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Ben Cardin, Representative Chris Stewart and Representative Grace Meng proposed awarding Sadat the Congressional Gold Medal over leading Egypt to peace with Israel. The medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress, would be conferred in 2018, which marks a century since Sadat’s birth. “President Sadat is recognized in the United States and throughout the world as…
