Jimmy Carter

...on Nov. 4, 1979, and seized its occupants. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days. (See TIME's Jimmy Carter covers.) Carter acknowledged that his failure to bring the hostages home including a botched rescue mission in which...

In this article: Iran, Habitat for Humanity, Ronald Reagan, Chiang Mai, Iran hostage crisis, and Vietnam

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday he had no regrets about his handling of the Iran hostage crisis more than 30 years ago, saying he didn't attack the country as his advisers proposed because thousands...

In this article: Iran hostage crisis, Habitat for Humanity, Ronald Reagan, Chiang Mai, Iran, Delta Airlines, Vietnam, and Thailand

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped the housing charity that he champions, Habitat for Humanity, launch a campaign Monday to build homes for 50,000 families in the Mekong River region over the next five years.

In this article: Thailand, Habitat for Humanity, Delta Airlines, Chiang Mai, Jet Li, and King Bhumibol Adulyadej

...(among other things) "… you don't believe that Barack Obama is the Second Coming of J.C. (unless that J.C. is Jimmy Carter) and "… you don't believe that man-made "global warming" is a proven fact - much less an excuse for destroying the U.S....

In this article: Climate change, U.S., Global warming, European Union, Copenhagen, Thomas Sowell, Alan Keyes, and Barack Hussein Obama

With a wink this time he said, "Just let me eat my waffle." VIDEO: Sen. Barack Obama refuses to answer a question about former President Jimmy Carter's meeting with Hamas. Since Carter announced he was meeting with Hamas, Obama has...

In this article: Barack Hussein Obama, Waffle, Hamas, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia

...to Sderot. Then-Sen. Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, were both here during the presidential campaign; former president Jimmy Carter and former British prime minister Tony Blair have visited as well. In a conflict in...

In this article: Sderot, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Anxiety, Ariel Sharon, Jerusalem, and Israel Project

Carter had no foreign policy experience at the time, and he prepared for his successful 1976 race by meeting then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in 1973 and visiting Japan in 1974 -- gaining some much-needed foreign policy credibility.

In this article: John McCain, Barack Obama, United States, Political science, Latin America, Colombia, Iraq, and University of Virginia

...a disqualification. Posted by: mary | Dec 1, 2008 9:07:31 AM I think Obama will just say "Barack Obama" just as Reagan said "Ronald Reagan" and Carter said "Jimmy Carter". Posted by: Cameron | Dec 1, 2008 8:29:57 AM Barack Hussein...

In this article: Barack Obama, Islam, George W. Bush, Supreme Court, Ronald Reagan, Sugar, Virginia, and Al-Qaeda

...Europe. President Obama's naive and weak approach to international affairs threatens to usher in the biggest decline of American global power since the days of Jimmy Carter, and has created a distinct leadership vacuum. In contrast,...

In this article: Barack Obama, David Cameron, UK, United States, Europe, Margaret Thatcher, NATO, Winston Churchill, United Nations, and Ronald Reagan

...and the Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in order to revive stalled peace talks a meeting that echoes Jimmy Carter's bringing together of Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin...

In this article: United Nations, Barack Obama, Dizzying, Ronald Reagan, U.S., Israel, E mail, and Climate change