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Name | Jimmy Carter |
Address | Plains, Georgia , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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October 01, 1924
(99 years)
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Contributor | Jake |
Last Modifed | NCdem Apr 13, 2024 05:47pm |
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Info | James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse.
He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a submariner, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and rising to the rank of lieutenant. Chosen by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the nuclear submarine program, he was assigned to Schenectady, N.Y., where he took graduate work at Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics, and served as senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf.
On July 7, 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith. When his father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and took his family back to Plains. He took over the Carter farms, and he and Rosalynn operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company. He quickly became a leader of the community, serving on county boards supervising education, the hospital authority, and the library. In 1962 he won election to the Georgia Senate. He lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, but won the next election, becoming Georgia's 76th governor on January 12, 1971. He was the Democratic National Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional elections.
On December 12, 1974, he announced his candidacy for president of the United States. He won his party's nomination on the first ballot at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, and was elected president on November 2, 1976.
Jimmy Carter served as president from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. Significant foreign policy accomplishments of his administration included the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. He championed human rights throughout the world. On the domestic side, the administration's achievements included a comprehensive energy program conducted by a new Department of Energy; deregulation in energy, transportation, communications, and finance; major educational programs under a new Department of Education; and major environmental protection legislation, including the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
Mr. Carter is the author of sixteen books, many of which are now in revised editions: Why Not the Best? 1975, 1996; A Government as Good as Its People, 1977, 1996; Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President, 1982, 1995; Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility, 1984; The Blood of Abraham, 1985, 1993; Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life, written with Rosalynn Carter, 1987, 1995; An Outdoor Journal, 1988, 1994; Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age, 1992, Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation, 1993, 1995; Always a Reckoning, 1995; The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer, illustrated by Amy Carter, 1995; Living Faith, 1996; Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith, 1997; The Virtues of Aging, 1998; An Hour before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood, 2001; and Christmas in Plains: Memories, 2001; The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2002; and The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War, 2003.
In 1982, he became University Distinguished Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded The Carter Center in Atlanta. Actively guided by President Carter, the nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. Carter Center fellows, associates and staff join with President Carter in efforts to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and prevent disease and other afflictions. Through the Global 2000 program, the Center advances health and agriculture in the developing world.
President Carter and The Carter Center have engaged in conflict mediation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (1989), North Korea (1994), Liberia (1994), Haiti (1994), Bosnia (1994), Sudan (1995), the Great Lakes region of Africa (1995-96), Sudan and Uganda (1999), and Venezuela (2002-2003). Under his leadership The Carter Center has sent forty-seven international election-monitoring delegations to elections in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. These include Panama (1989), Nicaragua (1990), Guyana (1992), Venezuela (1998), Nigeria (1999), Indonesia (1999), East Timor (1999), Mexico (2000), China (2001), Jamaica (2002), and Guatemala (2003).
The permanent facilities of The Carter Presidential Center were dedicated in October, 1986, and include the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration . Also open to visitors is the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains and Jimmy Carter's boyhood farm in Archery, administered by the National Park Service.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes for themselves. He also teaches Sunday school and is a deacon in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains. For recreation, he enjoys fly-fishing, woodworking, jogging, cycling, tennis, and skiing. The Carters have three sons, one daughter, eight grandsons, and three granddaughters.
On December 10, 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to Mr. Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
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May 23, 2023 04:25pm |
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Jimmy Carter, 3 months into hospice, is aware of tributes, enjoying ice cream
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RP |
Oct 22, 2019 08:10am |
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Jimmy Carter Fractures Pelvis, Is Hospitalized After Fall
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RP |
May 17, 2013 12:25pm |
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Jimmy Carter: ‘I do not favor’ legalizing marijuana
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Homegrown Democrat |
Feb 22, 2013 02:05pm |
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Jimmy Carter: President Obama thanked my grandson for ‘47 percent’ tape
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Brandonius Maximus |
Dec 11, 2012 01:30pm |
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Former president Jimmy Carter OK with legalizing marijuana
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Sep 10, 2012 06:00pm |
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Jimmy Carter Now Longest Serving Ex-President
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D:10973 | Patrick ( 0.0000 points)
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Tue, February 16, 2021 11:27:18 PM UTC0:00
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RIP
to anyone with a weak heart that visits this page thinking he's dead
RIP
to anyone with a weak heart that visits this page thinking he's dead
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I saw a new comment on his page and assumed he was dead
I saw a new comment on his page and assumed he was dead
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Wed, May 5, 2021 10:12:47 PM UTC0:00
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How can this picture be real?
Just saying "wide angle lens", doesn't seem adequate to explain such a weirdly skewed-looking image.
Old people shrink.
Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!: How can this picture be real?
Just saying "wide angle lens", doesn't seem adequate to explain such a weirdly skewed-looking image.
Old people shrink.
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Wed, May 5, 2021 10:42:43 PM UTC0:00
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The best doctors will tell you that after 40 years of age that the average human loses about half an inch of height every decade. This is probably accelerated in appearance in some cases with osteoporosis (which tends to be more prevalent in women).
So if Roselynn Carter was 5 foot 5 inches in her prime. 5 decades X 1/2 inch = 2.5 inches shorter. She's probably now about 5 foot 2 1/2 inches or shorter now. Add in likely stooped posture (even sitting) from a compressed backbone...and this makes sense.
Joe Biden is just under 6 feet tall now and frankly in very good shape for his age. So yeh he looks likes a giant next to her.
As a 6 foot 6 tall guy...I look like a giant in photos next to 6 feet tall people (worse with shorter). I appreciate this photo.
The best doctors will tell you that after 40 years of age that the average human loses about half an inch of height every decade. This is probably accelerated in appearance in some cases with osteoporosis (which tends to be more prevalent in women).
So if Roselynn Carter was 5 foot 5 inches in her prime. 5 decades X 1/2 inch = 2.5 inches shorter. She's probably now about 5 foot 2 1/2 inches or shorter now. Add in likely stooped posture (even sitting) from a compressed backbone...and this makes sense.
Joe Biden is just under 6 feet tall now and frankly in very good shape for his age. So yeh he looks likes a giant next to her.
As a 6 foot 6 tall guy...I look like a giant in photos next to 6 feet tall people (worse with shorter). I appreciate this photo.
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Look at the curvature at the bases of the chairs, as well as Jimmy Carter's ankles. I think there is some kind of distortion.
Look at the curvature at the bases of the chairs, as well as Jimmy Carter's ankles. I think there is some kind of distortion.
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Fri, October 1, 2021 03:00:23 PM UTC0:00
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Seeing a discussion item pop up here makes the heart sink for a second
RIP
to anyone with a weak heart that visits this page thinking he's dead
Sorry Mr. Matt and Patrick to your hearts. Had to post. He turns the big 97 today. HB Jimmy!
https://twitter.com/triviapotus/status/1443883387798757377?s=20
Mr. Matt: Seeing a discussion item pop up here makes the heart sink for a second
Patrick: RIP
to anyone with a weak heart that visits this page thinking he's dead
Sorry Mr. Matt and Patrick to your hearts. Had to post. He turns the big 97 today. HB Jimmy!
?s=20
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D:6454 | Mr. Matt ( 1761.4666 points)
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Fri, October 1, 2021 04:15:33 PM UTC0:00
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Luckily I knew it was his birthday today so let me add to the "{n+1} New" in the discussion column to wish him a happy 97th!
Luckily I knew it was his birthday today so let me add to the "{n+1} New" in the discussion column to wish him a happy 97th!
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Tue, April 19, 2022 04:17:37 AM UTC0:00
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"B" average in Music in the second semester, but his teeth were "OK" all year long for this Straight A student
https://twitter.com/triviapotus/status/1516204851822309380
"B" average in Music in the second semester, but his teeth were "OK" all year long for this Straight A student
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I:9951 | E Pluribus Unum ( -193.5252 points)
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Tue, April 19, 2022 04:42:39 AM UTC0:00
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U rlly cant pustvstuff in the Carter chat until the big day
U rlly cant pustvstuff in the Carter chat until the big day
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Tue, April 19, 2022 04:57:57 AM UTC0:00
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U rlly cant pustvstuff in the Carter chat until the big day
He's gotta lotta life left in him. But I'll admit I know whenever I post stuff here some people wonder if it is that "big day."
E Pluribus Unum: U rlly cant pustvstuff in the Carter chat until the big day
He's gotta lotta life left in him. But I'll admit I know whenever I post stuff here some people wonder if it is that "big day."
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D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Tue, April 19, 2022 03:20:23 PM UTC0:00
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I am musically disappointed in him.
I am musically disappointed in him.
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I:9951 | E Pluribus Unum ( -193.5252 points)
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Tue, April 19, 2022 04:47:43 PM UTC0:00
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He's gotta lotta life left in him. But I'll admit I know whenever I post stuff here some people wonder if it is that "big day."
He needs to beat Betty White
BrentinCO: He's gotta lotta life left in him. But I'll admit I know whenever I post stuff here some people wonder if it is that "big day."
He needs to beat Betty White
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He needs to beat Betty White
She's already dead, breaux.
Violence seems redundant at this stage.
He needs to beat Betty White
She's already dead, breaux.
Violence seems redundant at this stage.
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VMan:10380 | Politicoomer ( -94.0649 points)
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Wed, April 20, 2022 12:00:51 AM UTC0:00
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Mhw (my heart when) i see more than 6 comments on the Jimmy Carter page
Mhw (my heart when) i see more than 6 comments on the Jimmy Carter page
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D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Fri, July 8, 2022 02:29:28 PM UTC0:00
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Happy 76th wedding anniversary!
Happy 76th wedding anniversary!
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D:6454 | Mr. Matt ( 1761.4666 points)
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Sat, October 1, 2022 12:04:53 PM UTC0:00
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Happy 98th birthday!!!
Happy 98th birthday!!!
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MFL:9399 | Juan Croniqueur ( 0.2936 points)
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Sat, February 18, 2023 09:25:28 PM UTC0:00
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Entering hospice care.
Entering hospice care.
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Sun, February 19, 2023 01:32:14 AM UTC0:00
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This man has lived his faith and will until his last breath. Respect.
This man has lived his faith and will until his last breath. Respect.
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Won't be long then. Breaks my heart.
Won't be long then. Breaks my heart.
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LBT:11457 | The Fixer ( 14.0045 points)
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Sun, February 19, 2023 05:33:55 AM UTC0:00
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Won't be long then. Breaks my heart.
Can't imagine what goes in ones head when they know they are going to die.
Luzerne County Historian: Won't be long then. Breaks my heart.
Can't imagine what goes in ones head when they know they are going to die.
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Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Mon, August 21, 2023 02:42:54 AM UTC0:00
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https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1693323179198972103
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Saw a comment on here and I got scared for a second. Though I should be prepared for this.
Saw a comment on here and I got scared for a second. Though I should be prepared for this.
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LBR:1802 | Old LW ( 622.1556 points)
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Tue, August 22, 2023 07:37:17 AM UTC0:00
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I know it's coming sooner than later, but I really wanted him to make 100. I thought if any of our Presidents deserved it, he did.
I know it's coming sooner than later, but I really wanted him to make 100. I thought if any of our Presidents deserved it, he did.
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D:6454 | Mr. Matt ( 1761.4666 points)
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Sun, October 1, 2023 01:45:10 PM UTC0:00
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Happy 99th!
image://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--W48K3sdZ--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1696125138/4L1TESX_000_33X78M7_jpg
Happy 99th!
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Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence - Jimmy Carter |
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Jimmy Carter - Address to the Nation on Energy (April 18, 1977) |
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Jimmy Carter - Address to the Nation on Energy (November 8, 1977) |
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Jimmy Carter - President Carter's Remarks on Joint Statement at Camp David Summit (September 17, 1978) |
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Jimmy Carter - Remarks at President Carter's Press Conference (March 9, 1977) |
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Jimmy Carter - Report to the American People on Energy (February 2, 1977) |
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Jimmy Carter - Speech on Afghanistan (January 4, 1980) |
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Jimmy Carter - Speech on Establishing Diplomatic Relations with China (December 15, 1978) |
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Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (1981) |
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Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (Jan 19, 1978) |
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Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (Jan 23, 1979) |
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Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (January 23, 1980) |
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Jimmy Carter - Statement on the Iran Rescue Mission (April 25, 1980) |
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Jimmy Carter - Statement on the Panama Canal Treaty Signing (September 7, 1977) |
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Jimmy Carter - University of Notre Dame Commencement (May 22, 1977) |
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech 1976 |
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Jimmy Carter Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech 1980 |
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New Georgia Encyclopedia |
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President Jimmy Carter Inaugural Address January 20, 1977 |
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient President Jimmy Carter |
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