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The death of former President Jimmy Carter, who held office from 1977 to 1981, has led to an outpouring of reflections on his leadership and management successes from business and political ...
And as president, Carter greatly increased the number of women and minorities in federal judgeships. It has been hailed in recent years as one of his greatest accomplishments. Low: The Iran ...
President Carter views the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks in the Canal Zone on June 17, 1978. (Charles Tasnadi / Associated Press) Jimmy Carter ended his one-term presidency in defeat.
President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, photographed at the Peninsula Hotel in New York on March 26, 2018.
Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. Carter, a Democrat from Georgia, took office following his narrow victory over Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election.
[280] [281] The failure led Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed the mission, to resign. [282] Released in 2017, a declassified memo produced by the CIA in 1980 concluded "Iranian hardliners—especially Ayatollah Khomeini" were "determined to exploit the hostage issue to bring about President Carter's defeat in the November ...
Former President Carter’s postpresidential life lasted decades, putting his career in the White House in a deep rearview mirror in many ways. Carter died Sunday, according to the Carter Center.
Carter supported China in its short border war with Vietnam in 1979. One surprise was his support for the Khmer Rouge forces in Cambodia fighting against Vietnam's invasion, despite its terrible human rights record. [90] Carter was hostile to Pakistan under Zia-ul-Haq because of its human rights violations and efforts to build nuclear weapons ...