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Mideast Peace Meeting

Date: 1985
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin leans across the table (left) during a discussion with Shimon Perez in Israel. Congressman Thomas Petri, also from ...
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Gorbachev and Obey

Date: 1992
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (standing) of Wisconsin shakes hands with former Soviet President Mikhal Gorbachev at a diplomatic luncheon in Washington. Also w...
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Briefing Book

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin crouches just outside of his car, reviewing the information in his briefing book during a congressional trip to Hond...
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Middle East Study Team

Date: 04 1985
Description: Members of a special House Appropriations Committee mission to the Middle East at the airport in Jerusalem. The committee was headed by Congressman David R...
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Indian Ambassador to the United States

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t...
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Meeting with Peres

Date: 08 1975
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David Obey (far right) and Congressmen Edward Koch and Congressman Joseph Early meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in...
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Diplomatic Mission

Date: 1980
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center) studying briefing materials for a diplomatic visit to Pakistan.
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Debriefing

Date: 1980
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David Obey (center, facing the camera) and other members of the congressional delegation and staff that visited Saudi Arabia and Indi...
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Diplomatic Meeting

Date: 1980
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (far left) meeting President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq during a visit to Pakistan.
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Diplomatic Meeting

Date: 1983
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (chin in hand) ponders a remark during a meeting of House of Representative leaders with their Soviet equivalents in Mo...
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President Mary Robinson

Date: 1991
Description: Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, escorting Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas Foley, who was heading a house leadership trip to Ireland. To ...
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Wisconsin Congressmen

Date: 1991
Description: Wisconsin was well represented on a congressional leadership trip to the Persian Gulf in 1991. Here Congressman David Obey (in plaid shirt) leans over the ...
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House Leaders

Date: 1991
Description: Speaker of the House Dick Gephardt (standing right) during a flight back to Washington after a House leadership tour of the Persian Gulf. With Gephardt are...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at the Rotary Club's International Night, shown left to right, include: Majid M. Al-Ansary, Prof. David Fellman, Sara Fellman, and C. Anne Cartwr...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at Rotary Club's International night include, from left to right: Tadele B. Kibrat, Mohamed Abdel Aziz el Dessuky, and Grace Frautschi.
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at Rotary Club's International Night are shown chatting. They include, from left: David Grosshandler; Spiros Jannides (President of the U.W. Inte...
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Egyptian Leaders

Date: 1977
Description: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Vice President Hosni Mubarak seated at the far right with a delegation of congressional leaders. Congressman David R. Ob...
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Diplomacy in India

Date: 02 1980
Description: A delegation of congressional leaders meeting with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India. They are (right to left) Jack Hightower, Matt McHugh, David R. O...
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Facing the Russians

Date: 03 1985
Description: Arms control talks between visiting Soviets and American legislators. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey sat in on the talks with Congressman Tom Downey, ...
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Meeting the Pope

Date: 1982
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (in profile) meeting with Pope John Paul II. Obey was heading a congressional delegation that had visited Poland. Obey ...

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