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While we had only four years in the White House, he achieved so much in that time. It stood as a marker for Americans dedicated to justice and decency,
Mondale said in the remarks
He was very careful to protect me from the frustration and too often humiliation that had cursed the lives of many vice presidents,
Mondale wroteJimmy Carter taught all of us how to live a life fulfilled with faith and service. He said, 'I have one life to live. I feel like God wants me to do the best I can do with it, to let me live my life so that it will be meaningful.' Well, Mr. President, you’ve more than achieved that goal,
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After that call, as you can imagine, both of them got off the phone and had a pretty good chuckle,
Steven Ford saidYet Carter put his presidency on the line to pass laws to conserve energy, deregulate new oil and gas prices and invest in clean, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels,
Mondale wroteIt's an honor to share Dad's eulogy to his old friend,
Steven Ford said, noting he could imagine his dad getting his yellow legal pad and writing the speechThis president from the Deep South championed civil rights, appointing more people of color and women to senior executive positions and judgeships than all previous 38 presidents put together,
he saidSo it becomes complicated. But people will point to the work that he did afterwards with The Carter Center, when he tried to advance democracy, when he negotiated settlements in some of the world’s hottest hotspots,
Fisher said
In 1977, he successfully negotiated the Camp David agreement, which normalised relations between Egypt and Israel … He also wanted to make American government more compassionate and more considerate of ordinary people,
Fisher said
He set a very high bar for presidents, how you can use voice and leadership for causes,
Gates said of Carter in an interview with The Associated Press this week
He was a man of great character and courage, hope and optimism,
Biden said of his fellow Democrat in a statement marking Carter’s death in late DecemberCarter was a decent man. I think Carter looked at the world not from here but from here, where everybody else lives,
He added ... as he gestured from above his head towards his heart
President Carter was a living embodiment of leadership through service, compassion, and a thirst for justice for all,
he saidHe’s this figure who is so respected for a sense of decency — humility, really — from all sides of the political spectrum,
Buttigieg tells Playbook
WILLIAM LEVI, one of my former law clerks, asked me to take a call from President-elect Trump regarding his qualifications to serve in a government position. … We did not discuss the emergency application he filed today, and indeed, I was not even aware at the time of our conversation that such an application would be filed. We also did not discuss any other matter that is pending or might in the future come before the Supreme Court or any past Supreme Court decisions involving the President-elect.”
Said AlitoWe are open to a dialogue with the Americans on how we can possibly cooperate even more closely than we do to ensure that the American ambitions are fulfilled,
Danish Foreign Minister LARS LOKKE RASMUSSEN told reporters yesterday, part of an effort to stave off a crisis by having a “frank conversation about Trump’s remarks,” per CNNDanish officials are being warned by Trump allies and advisers that he is serious,
CNN’s Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis report, citing multiple Danish officialsYou have proven yourself to be one of the best friends of working men and women in the United States,
International Longshoremen’s Association President HAROLD DAGGETT posted on Facebook, citing a meeting he had with the president-elect last month as the “chief reason” the ILA won the protections it sought against automationProspective donors began to be told early this week that no more seats were available for certain events around Washington,
the trio writeBehind closed doors, Trump told Republicans that he wanted ‘one big, beautiful bill,’ but made it clear he was open to whatever strategy can pass, according to one GOP senator in the meeting,
Trump in private ... our team reports