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Jimmy Carter stories: 66 news summaries

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'Celebrity of Power' Lured McCain From Navy to Capitol

'Smitten' Republican passed up chance for admiral's star that was family tradition

May 29, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Capt. John McCain turned down a chance to be admiral in 1981, deciding to run for Congress instead, he’d spent four years as the Navy’s Senate liaison, developing an appetite for what one observer called “the glamor of … political combat.” The New York Times ... More »

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John McCain • Jimmy Carter • Senate • Navy

Obama Pledges Support
for Israel to Fla. Jews

Seeks support in Jewish community

May 23, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama sought to quell skepticism about him in the Jewish community yesterday by addressing a tough audience of older Jewish voters in a Conservative synagogue in Boca Raton, Florida. He asked the audience not to judge him by his 'funny name' or his skin color, to ignore the erroneous... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • terrorism • African Americans • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Jews • Zionism • anti-Semitism • Robert Wexler

Obituary

Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dead at 63

Architect of Carter's White House run succumbs to cancer

May 21, 08 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 in 1976. "He was... More »

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presidency • presidential campaign • Jimmy Carter • White House • Georgia • obituary • aide

Carter Wants US to End Pariah Diplomacy

Ex-president says isolation has failed, touts Hamas progress

Apr 28, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US needs to put its failed “pariah diplomacy” strategy out to pasture, writes Jimmy Carter in today’s New York Times. By ostracizing its enemies, the US is making it unlikely they will moderate their policies. “The path to peace lies in negotiation, not isolation,”... More »

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diplomacy • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Nepal • Nepalese elections

Carter: Rice Is Fibbing, Didn't Nix Hamas Meet

Secretary of state and former president at odds over warnings

Apr 23, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter continued a war of words with Condoleezza Rice today over whether he was officially warned against meeting with Hamas leaders last week—insisting through reps that, “perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true.” The Secretary of State said yesterday a... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • lying

Rice Refutes Carter, Says
US Advised Against Trip

She clarifies opposition to Hamas meeting

Apr 22, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice says the US explicitly advised Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas, refuting claims by the former president that no one in the government told him to scrap the trip, the Washington Post reports. "I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast • Mideast peace talks

Hamas Would Accept
Peace With Israel: Carter

Militant faction would follow Abbas-led deal if put to vote

Apr 21, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas would accept a peace deal brokered by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas if  Palestinian voters favored the agreement, Jimmy Carter said after talks with a Hamas leader in Damascus. "There's no doubt that both the Arab world and the Palestinians, including Hamas, will accept Israel's right to live in... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Khaled Meshaal • Palestinians • peace deal

 Carter Meets 
 With Hamas Chief 

Ex-president draws widespread criticism for talks with Palestinian group

Apr 18, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter met today with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal despite protests from the US State Department and the Israeli government. A Hamas deputy told the AP the agenda would include strategies to calm tensions between Israel and Hamas, as well as the fate of a kidnapped Israeli soldier. Carter has... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Hamas • State Department • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Khaled Meshaal • terrorist groups

Carter Meets With Former Hamas Minister

Ex-prez defies Israel, Bush, and lays wreath on Arafat's grave

Apr 15, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank today to meet a former Hamas minister, ignoring strenuous objections by Israeli leaders. Carter also laid a wreath on Yasser Arafat’s tomb, a customary gesture of respect President Bush pointedly avoided on his last visit, Reuters reports. More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Hamas • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Khaled Meshaal • Yasir Arafat • Ramallah • Naser al-Shaer

Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

Stonewalling by Olmert's security force 'unprecedented' breach: Secret Service

Apr 14, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli leaders won’t meet with Jimmy Carter, and Israeli security won’t help protect him on his trip through the country, Reuters reports. As Israel’s Shin Bet and the Secret Service sparred over whether the Americans asked for help, a source called the security snub “unprecedented.”... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Secret Service • Israel and Palestinians • Shin Bet

 Bill's Bills Cost US
a Record $8M 

Clinton costs twice as much as Carter

Apr 11, 08 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is costing taxpayers significantly more in publicly funded perks than the two other surviving former presidents, reports Politico. From 2001 through the end of this year, $8 million will be spent on Bill Clinton, compared with $5.5 million for George H. W. Bush and $4 million for... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Secret Service • Bill Clinton • Ronald Reagan • George HW Bush • Government Accountability Office • taxpayer money • Harry Truman • taxpayers • former presidents • retirement benefits • National Taxpayers Union • Congressional Research Service • Former Presidents Act

Carter to Meet Hamas Leader Despite White House Policy

State Dept. 'counseled against' Syrian trip

Apr 10, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter plans to visit leaders of Palestinian extremist group Hamas in Syria next week despite warnings by the State Department that the rendezvous violates the Bush administration’s policy of isolating terrorist organizations, Reuters reports. Carter has scheduled talks with Khaled Meshaal, who heads Hamas’ Syrian branch and claims... More »

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Bush administration • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • US foreign policy • State Department • terrorist lists • terrorist groups

Nepal Set to Abolish
240-Year-Old
Monarchy

Voters out in droves for first election in 9 years

Apr 10, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voting is under way in Nepal's parliamentary elections, where citizens of the Himalayan nation are expected to endorse parties that will oust the 240-year-old monarchy, reports AFP. UN observers have commended a high turnout despite eight deaths in protests ahead of today's polling, the centerpiece of a peace deal between... More »

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Jimmy Carter • democracy • monarchy • Nepal • Maoists • Gyanendra • Nepalese elections

 Carter Closer to Backing Obama 

Former president, superdelegate coy in dangling endorsement

Apr 4, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter all but endorsed Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee, Reuters reports. His home state of Georgia went to Obama, Carter reminded a Nigerian newspaper, and his children and their families support the Illinois senator. "As a superdelegate,” he continued, “I would not disclose who... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • endorsement • Barack Obama supporters • political endorsement • superdelegates • Election 2008

Jimmy Carter: President, Activist... Woodworker?

His homemade pieces
fetch big dollars

Feb 9, 08 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter’s built a pretty good post-presidential resume, winning the Nobel Peace Prize, monitoring elections, and working tirelessly for his Carter Foundation charity. But Carter has a quieter passion, the Wall Street Journal reports: He’s an accomplished woodworker. Tonight, Carter is auctioning off his latest piece, a 6-foot... More »

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Jimmy Carter • charity

Liberal Baptists Meet With
Focus on Unity

Conservative SBC group absent from
Carter-led gathering

Jan 30, 08 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Organized by Jimmy Carter and other leaders, thousands of Baptists begin a three-day meeting in Atlanta today to show that the denomination encompasses a broad range of viewpoints and can work together despite differences. Social issues are a focus, the Christian Science Monitor reports, though leaders of the conservative Southern... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Baptists

Carter Backs Obama, Almost

Ex-president won't endorse, but calls senator 'extraordinary and titillating'

Jan 30, 08 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter came tantalizingly close to endorsing Barack Obama in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, calling the Illinois senator's campaign "extraordinary and titillating for me and my family." While he's officially neutral, the former president and Nobel Prize winner heaped praise on Obama, predicting that he... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • endorsement • Election 2008

Bill Clinton, Obama Vie for Spoken-Word Grammy

Ex-President Carter is also in the running

Dec 6, 07 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Grammy Award will provide the staging ground for another Clinton-Obama battle—though it's Bill Clinton in this one, going up against Obama for best spoken-word album. Clinton's "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World" faces off against Obama's "The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • Grammy Awards

He's Not Alone: Kucinich Ain't First Pol to Spot UFO

NM governor Richardson says government should "come clean"

Nov 1, 07 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dennis Kucinich is already treated as a bit of an alien by the other presidential contenders; it only got worse at this week's forum when interrogator Tim Russert pushed him about Shirley MacLaine’s claim that he saw a UFO at her home. A trapped Kucinich offered tersely, “I... More »

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Bill Richardson • Jimmy Carter • New Mexico • Dennis Kucinich • Roswell • UFO • Ronald Reagan • aliens • Election 2008

'Elder' Carter Not Taking Any Guff in Darfur

Ex-prez shouts at minders trying to keep him from refugees

Oct 3, 07 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soft-spoken Jimmy Carter threw down today with Sudanese security officials who told him he couldn't meet fearful refugees, hollering "We're going to anyway!" and threatening to tell their president on them. The ex-president is touring Darfur, with a group of fellow diplomatic rock stars called "the Elders,... More »

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Darfur • Jimmy Carter • Sudanese • The Elders

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