The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians.

The war had been over for Americans since 1973; North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam, reuniting the country by force in 1975. Still, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter believed the fates of thousands of ...

The legacy of Jimmy Carter's administration includes key roles in countering the Soviets and Islamist extremists in the Middle East.

Did the thirty-ninth president’s domestic and foreign policy successes outweigh his more well-publicized failures?

Carter’s administration rejected Saint Óscar Romero’s pleas not to provide military aid to the Salvadoran junta before he was assassinated

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100, after more than a year in hospice care.

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The president gave an unconditional pardon to those who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.

Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100, leaving four children, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was the longest-lived president in U.S. history.

The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests over moral values, advocating instead for a foreign policy that

President Jimmy Carter was determined to restore a belief that government can be a force for good. How did America go from there to Donald Trump?