Israel - Tribute to US Commerce Secretary
(6 Aug 1996) T/I: 11:14:56 FE 10:13:09
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (6/8) attended a tree planting ceremony in memory of the late US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown at American Independence forest near Jerusalem. Netanyahu was accompanied by former Israeli Prime minister Shimon Peres and US Commerce Under-secretary Stuart Eizenstadt. Brown was killed during a visit to the Balkans when the US air force aircraft in which he was travelling crashed in bad weather as it approached Dubrovnik.
SHOWS:
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 6/8
00.00 MS Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives
00.09 MS line up by memorial
00.16 SOT Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: "I think he was one of the great Secretaries of Commerce the United States had and I think his death is a tragic accident and a great loss for the United States and for the American people."
00.29 WS Netanyahu at podium
00.32 MS unveiling of plaque
00.37 MS walking to tree planting
00.44 MS Netanyahu planting tree
00.54 ENDS
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