President Clinton hosted the largest sit-down dinner of his presidency Sunday night for nearly 500 guests to honor Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. More than a dozen members of Congress, a former secretary of state, Jewish leaders and at least four Arab ambassadors attended. Both Barak and Clinton offered toasts at the dinner remembering John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and her sister, who are presumed dead after a plane crash Friday night.
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