I can understand a medal for Sadat for his role trying to bring peace to the middle east, but a gold medal to Gleason for being a good football player? Just doesn't seem to rise to the same standard.
Why should Egypt issue a US congressional medal? They plan to issue (or have already issued, not sure) coins in four denominations this year, on the occasion of Sadat 100th birthday anniversary: 10, 50 and 100 pounds, in silver and gold ... Christian
Well we did host the Sadat-Begin Middle East Peace Accords when Carter inserted himself into the Peace talks Egypt and Israel were conducting (and in my opinion nearly derailed them.)
As for the Egyptian coins, I still don't know whether they are available at this time. But they were announced in mid-February, see here (English). Quote: "The coins will be issued in gold and silver and will be in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 pounds." Christian
Tibet's Dalai Lama and Walt Disney received congressional gold medals so why shouldn't Egypt's Anwar Sadat get one?
Just looked at that, and the description says, "The gold medal congressionally authorized for Stephen Michael Gleason recognizes the former NFL player for his efforts toward finding a cure for ALS" ... Christian
