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Walter Cronkite's Interview with Anwar Sadat
[followthemedia.com] Philip Stone - Broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite died Friday at age 92. It was Cronkite who interviewed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat live on his newscast and he seemed as shocked as anyone when Sadat said he would travel anywhere in pursuit of Middle East peace, even to Israel. Cronkite, immediately smelling an exclusive, asked Sadat directly whether he would go to Israel if he was invited and he again said "yes." Within weeks there were live shots of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin welcoming Sadat to Ben-Gurion Airport, followed by Sadat's address to the Israeli Parliament. An Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty followed.