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WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Associated Press diplomatic correspondent Barry Schweid (shwyd) has died.
Schweid reported and analyzed events from dozens of countries over a career spanning 56 years. He retired in 2012.
Schweid died today at his home in Washington, D.C., from complications of a degenerative neurological condition. He was 83.
Among his career highlights, Schweid traveled with Henry Kissinger on the secretary of state's "shuttle diplomacy" flights and covered the difficult negotiations at Camp David that President Jimmy Carter brokered to reach a historic peace treaty in 1977 between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin.
He chronicled the Cold War and then its end with the implosion of the Soviet Union, filing news alerts from officials traveling with Secretary of State James Baker.
Schweid was born in New York and graduated from Columbia College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He served in the U.S. Army as a public relations specialist.
He was inducted into the Washington Society of Professional Journalists' Hall of Fame in 2002.
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208-c-24-(Archive sound of Barry Schweid, former AP diplomatic correspondent, reporting on Secretary of State Warren Christopher's diplomatic efforts between Israel and Syria, from March 12, 1995)-"attacks from Syria"-In this archive report from March 12, 1995, as then-Secretary of State Warren Christopher headed for the Middle East, AP diplomatic correspondent Barry Schweid reflected on issues involving Israel and Syria. (10 Dec 2015)
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209-c-20-(Archive sound of Barry Schweid, former AP diplomatic correspondent, in archive report from June 6, 1990, on a summit in Washington seven months after the fall of the Berlin Wall)-"the Soviet Union"-In this archive report from June 6, 1990, covering a Washington summit seven months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, AP diplomatic correspondent Barry Schweid explained Russian concerns about a unified Germany. (10 Dec 2015)
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210-c-29-(AP diplomatic correspondent Barry Schweid, in archive report from Dec. 31, 1999, on Vladimir Putin, appointed as Russia's acting president when Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned)-"secessionism and terrorism"-In this report from December 31, 1999, AP diplomatic correspondent Barry Schweid talked about Vladimir Putin, who was newly appointed as Russia's acting president when Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned. (10 Dec 2015)
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APPHOTO WX104: In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2008, Barry Schweid of The Associated Press is seen in the Washington Bureau. Schweid, the legendary Associated Press diplomatic correspondent who reported from dozens of countries over a career spanning 56 years, died Thursday at 83. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (7 Aug 2008)
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