Speaker. there are few moments of such historic import as this time in which we welcome (Natan) Anatoly Shcharansky. And it is a rare occasion when we can honor. in person. such a dedicated and courageous individual. a man who understands so wellbetter than most of usthe value of liberty and the great costs that come when one must fight. and be willing to give years of ones life. to gain it. As a leader in the Soviet Jewish emigration movement and a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki monitoring group. Natan Shcharansky became. together with stillexiled Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov and imprisoned South African antiapartheid leader Nelson Mandela. among the bestknown prisoners of conscience in the world. And as a tireless advocate for his freedom. his wife Avital has come to symbolize the kind of persistence that leads to success.
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