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Camp David

Camp David, U.S. presidential retreat, located in Catoctin Mountain Park (see National Parks and Monuments , table), in NW Md. The Camp David accords , the terms of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, were established (1978) at this site; other negotiations and summits also have been held there.

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