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Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers.
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The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President Harris eulogized the 39th president at a U.S. Capitol Rotunda ceremony, and he will now lie in state until Thursday.
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This week the country is remembering former President Jimmy Carter, who died just over a week ago at 100. Carter is probably most celebrated for what he did after leaving the White House in 1981, including his years of philanthropic and humanitarian work. But he also leaves behind a rich literary legacy, having written more than 30 books.
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The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians.
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The first day of memorial services for former President Jimmy Carter began in his hometown of Plains, Ga., and included stops at the Georgia State Capitol and The Carter Center in Atlanta.
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One of the crowning foreign policy achievements of Carter's single term as U.S. president was brokering a series of agreements that later came to be called the Camp David accords in 1978.
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When they met in the mid-1970s, Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden were both political underdogs. They forged a strong friendship that lasted more than 50 years.
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Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.
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Former President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human rights-centered policies.