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Belying public (and often pundit) perceptions, Jimmy Carter had an often consequential and constructive White House tenure.

At his best, Carter was able to take innovative stands on perplexing issues in ways that produced lasting improvement.

 

Ninety-eight years of an exceptional life. What I learned by working for him long ago, and by studying his example since then.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th and the longest-living U.S. president, has chosen to enter hospice care at age 98. This is a good time to try to place his presidency in history. Indeed more years separate us in 2023 from Carter’s time in office than separated Carter from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s.

During his presidency, Jimmy Carter insisted nations provide basic freedoms for their people. His foreign policy, emphasizing human rights, was a key instrument in dismantling the power of the Soviet Union.

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President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy efforts may have been far more effective than critics have claimed.

Back in 2007, during my visit to the United States, I had the honor of meeting then Congressman Tom Lantos at the Capitol Hill. While entering his office,

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