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Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dead at 63

Architect of Carter's White House run succumbs to cancer

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2008 3:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jimmy Carter's former chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan, has died at the age of 63 after battling cancer for more than 20 years, AP reports. Jordan was at the core of Carter's "Georgia Mafia," and helped propel the Democrat into the White House... Read full story »

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