Original sentence: After the funeral service, the Reagan entourage was flown back to California — to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library — where another service was held, and President Reagan was interred.Also in attendance were Mikhail Gorbachev, and many world leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and interim presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and Ghazi al-Yawer of Iraq
Edited sentence: After the funeral service, the first major event in Washington since September 11, 2001, the Reagan entourage was flown back to California — to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library — where another service was held, and President Reagan was interred.Also in attendance were Mikhail Gorbachev, and many world leaders, most of whom had been in the U.Just before the funeral, Attorney General John Ashcroft told a Senate hearing: "It is a sad commentary when the observation of a memorial service for a former president of the United States must be labeled a national security special event.Such is the fact of modern life in Washington and such is the nature of the war against al Qaeda.The funeral services were also a National Special Security Event (NSSE), declared by DHS.for the G-8 Summit, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and interim presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and Ghazi al-Yawer of Iraq