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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A presidential retreat on Catoctin Mountain in northern Maryland north-northwest of Washington, DC. It was established by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 as Shangri-La. Dwight D. Eisenhower renamed it Camp David in honor of his grandson.
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- noun a retreat to the northwest of Washington that is used by the president of the United States
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Examples
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For nearly a year, the White House fought against a separate peace deal between the two countries, and it was only out of a kind of desperation that Mr. Carter finally decided to call the Camp David meeting.
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Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is used as a country retreat of the President of the United States and his guests.
Analysis 2010
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Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is used as a country retreat of the President of the United States and his guests.
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Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is used as a country retreat of the President of the United States and his guests.
Analysis 2010
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He told Jody Powell to schedule a televised speech for July 5, then headed to Camp David to work on his text.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He told Jody Powell to schedule a televised speech for July 5, then headed to Camp David to work on his text.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He told Jody Powell to schedule a televised speech for July 5, then headed to Camp David to work on his text.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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When he returned to CIA headquarters from Camp David, he handed the assignment of persuading Kaddafi to turn in his nuclear weapons to Stephen Kappes.
Fallout Catherine Collins 2011
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When he returned to CIA headquarters from Camp David, he handed the assignment of persuading Kaddafi to turn in his nuclear weapons to Stephen Kappes.
Fallout Catherine Collins 2011
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The two sides have negotiated in the past (at Camp David and in Taba in 2000-2001) and agreed in principle about the status of these settlements.
Alon Ben-Meir: The Settlements: Obama's Demands and Netanyahu's Options 2010
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"I used to visit Ronnie in the Oval Office almost every week. Whenever he would go out to Camp David, he would collect sacks of acorns and bring them back to the White House. Right outside the Oval Office is a veranda. Ronnie would sprinkle the acorns out there for the squirrels. There were glass doors leading outside and sometimes you'd hear this noise, and it would be a squirrel scratching at the door. While Ronnie would keep talking, he'd reach into his desk and grab some more acorns, go over and open the door, and throw them out onto the veranda for the squirrels."
- A.C. Lyles, remembering Ronald Reagan, in Journey's End by Susan Schindehette, People Magazine, June 21, 2004.
July 6, 2010