Jimmy Carter formed the Department of Energy, opposed a major Oak Ridge nuclear project and responded to Three Mile Island.

The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the ...

In November 2010, former President Jimmy Carter visited my office in the White House, where I had just taken up the post of national security adviser. It was a reunion of sorts: at age 22, I had begun ...

In his announcement speech for his presidential run, in 1974, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said there ... Ford's controversial pardon of Richard Nixon, Carter believed he had a responsibility ...

“Jimmy Carter was always an outsider ,” said biographer Jonathan Alter, explaining how Carter capitalized on the fallout of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal that toppled Richard Nixon. “The ...

More on Jimmy Carter:Crucial decisions made in 1980 in ... Carter was critical of Ford for pardoning Richard Nixon and scored more in their three debates, especially when Ford inexplicably ...

Jimmy Carter, as politicians go ... but Carter seemed like a welcome relief from the stench of Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal. I didn’t need Carter to convince me of a national malaise.

Some other modern presidents — Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton ... The route also included the old train depot that served as Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign headquarters ...

From President Richard Nixon hosting Elvis Presley in ... At least not until Jimmy Carter ran for president in the mid-1970s. Previous presidential campaigners had occasionally cozied up to ...

Running for president in the shadow of the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon's ultimate resignation ... is an act of strength. President Jimmy Carter's story is ultimately a story ...