RIP MR. LEBANON

WASHINGTON, DC - The late former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri poses with former U.S. Congressional Press Secretary & Senior Advisor John Akouri following a luncheon in the PM's honor on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC in 2001. Also pictured in the photo are American University of Beirut President John Waterbury, former US Ambassador to Lebanon Vincent Battle, current Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) Television correspondent Tania Mehanna. A Maronite priest stands behind Hariri. The photograph was taken by Dr. George Cody, executive director of the American Task Force for Lebanon.