Ironically, in a speech about a “crisis of confidence” Carter himself came across as not confident. Although he did lay out a plan, the speech lacked any single phrase that anyone could look at afterward and feel that he had a plan, and would be decisive, and has a shot at carrying out.

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

As the United States marks the death of former president Jimmy Carter, many people are trying ... Regardless of the rest of Carter’s legacy, his pardon of Vietnam War resisters in Canada had a profound impact on both countries. He should be remembered ...

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 late president has been praised for placing human rights at the forefront of U.S. policy, but his Cold War maneuvering was marked by a familiar double standard.

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

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

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?

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

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...

Former Ambassador Kenneth Quinn first met Jimmy Carter in 1977; he writes that he quickly saw what distinguished Carter from other presidents.