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Jimmy Carter: Mitt Romney Wouldn't Be So Bad

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:35:43 CDT

Jimmy Carter isn't losing sleep over the prospect of Mitt Romney winning the 2012 election. In an interview with MSNBC, spotted by Mediaite , Carter said that, though he would prefer to see Barack Obama win, "of all the Republican candidates who were prominent, I think Romney would be the one...

Long Live the Chief: Presidents Usually Do

John Johnson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:01:04 CST

President Obama's graying hair has set off the typical chatter that serving as president is so stressful it's bound to take years off a person's life. Not so, says a longevity expert in the Journal of the American Medical Association . In fact, our presidents tend to live longer than the...

Jimmy Carter Heads to North Korea

Matt Cantor — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:49:05 CDT

Jimmy Carter and three European ex-leaders are bound for North Korea and will arrive tomorrow in an attempt to resume an official dialogue, which "appears to be at a standstill," the former president said. Carter and the former heads of Finland, Norway, and Ireland—all members of a coalition of...

Jimmy Carter Lands in Cuba

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:05:05 CDT

In a bid to thaw tense US-Cuba relations, former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Cuba today for a three-day stay. Carter was invited by the Cuban government and will meet with President Raul Castro; the Carter Center calls the trip a "private, nongovernmental mission." But Politico notes that the trip...

Jimmy Carter: It's Time for Direct Talks With N. Korea

Matt Cantor — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:07:59 CST

Time after time, North Korea has relayed the same message: if the US will hold direct talks with Pyongyang, North Korea is “ready to conclude an agreement to end its nuclear programs, put them all under IAEA inspection and conclude a permanent peace treaty,” writes Jimmy Carter in the Washington...

Jimmy Carter Will Remain in Hospital

Nick McMaster — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:45:21 CDT

Jimmy Carter will stay in the hospital a second night for observation . Carter, who is promoting his book White House Diary , canceled all events scheduled for today. He was hospitalized yesterday after developing an upset stomach during a flight to Cleveland. A woman who saw him tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Jimmy Carter Hospitalized

John Johnson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:52:40 CDT

Looks like nothing more serious than a case of air sickness for Jimmy Carter: The former president, just days shy of his 86th birthday, was taken to a hospital in Cleveland today immediately after his plane touched down, reports WOIO . Carter "developed an upset stomach" during the flight and was...

Carter's Big Health Care Villain: Ted Kennedy

John Johnson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:43:28 CDT

For a man with the Nobel Peace Prize on his mantel, Jimmy Carter sure can hold a grudge. In an interview with 60 Minutes airing Sunday, he goes after Ted Kennedy—who challenged the incumbent president for the Democratic nomination in 1980—on two fronts, reports the Boston Globe : Health...

North Korea Is Talking: Let's Listen

John Johnson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:40:57 CDT

Now that he's back from North Korea, Jimmy Carter says Kim Jong Il is showing "clear, strong signals" that he's ready to deal (again) on his nuclear arsenal. Kim delivered the same message to Beijing, writes Carter, which is why China is pushing for the resumption of six-party talks. (The...