Word: skowcroft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next day. Only an hour before the ceremony was Judge Thomas certain who it would be. While the judge waited, Kissinger played host at a select pre-wedding reception Saturday afternoon at the State Department's Madison Room. The few friends, invited only that morning, included General Brent Skowcroft, a member of the National Security Council, and Columnist Joseph Alsop. Also there were the Secretary's two children, Elizabeth, 15, and David, 12, by his first marriage, his brother Walter, and Nancy's brother David and her mother, Mrs. Albert Bristol Maginnes...
...informal occasion, Kissinger wore a dark blue suit and bright tie while Nancy was in a gold-flecked beige knit dress and matching coat. Showing no signs of strain after the rigors of his Moscow visit (see THE WORLD), the bridegroom beamed as Skowcroft offered a simple toast with Korbel (California) champagne: "Health and happiness to both of you!" Then, accompanied by their families, the couple drove to Arlington for the four-minute ceremony and were whisked to National Airport, where Nelson Rockefeller's jet was waiting to fly them to Acapulco for a ten-day honeymoon...
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