Jimmy Cater

Not only was Jimmy Cater the 39th president,but in  August 25th,2010 Jimmy went to Korea, to release a prisoner. This is one of many great things that Mr.Cater did.Carter entered the Democratic primary for the Georgia State Senate in 1962 as a moderate, seeking to counter the influence of the state's strong segregationist faction. Carter proved himself one of the most able and dedicated members of the body and was easily re-elected to a second term. He has provided a fascinating account of these events in his 1992 book, Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age. the time for racial discrimination is over." It was an unprecedented statement for a Southern governor, but Carter made good on his words. He increased the number of African American state employees by 40 percent and hung portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. and other notable black Georgians in the state capitol. He equalized the funding of schools in rich and poor districts of the state, and created new educational facilities for prisoners and the developmentally disabled. On top of this he also streamlined the state's administration and with budgeting procedures, eliminating many government agencies and canceling a number of wasteful and environmentally destructive building projects. 1973 Jimmy Cater became the Democratic National Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional elections. In the fact that president Nixon's resignation, and President Ford's preemptive pardon of his predecessor, the Democrats enjoyed exceptional success in the 1974 congressional election. in 1974 he announced hid decision to run for presidency, even though the next election was still years away.but Carter steadily lay the groundwork for his campaign, shaking hands and speaking to small crowds across the country. He made a special effort in Iowa, with its first-in-the-nation delegate selection caucuses. He was determined to win. in 1975 he wrote his life story so that the people knew what he was all about. In this autobiography he promised the people "a government as good and as competent and as compassionate as are the American people."  Caters southerns organs and unabashed faith were powerful factors in helping him to unite antagonistic factions of his party.Jimmy Carter was the first candidate from the Deep South to win the White House since Zachary Taylor in 1848. At his inauguration, Carter broke with precedent by walking down Pennsylvania Avenue with Rosalynn instead of riding in a limousine, as his predecessors had done. Carter's down-to-earth style manifested itself in many small ways, such as his insistence on carrying his own garment bag when boarding Air Force One. He continued to teach Sunday school classes in Washington, as he had in Plains, and sent his daughter Amy to a public school in Washington. One of his first priorities as president was to heal a lingering wound of the Vietnam War. On his first day in office, he signed an executive order granting amnesty to those who had evaded the military draft during the Vietnam War, an amnesty that did not extend to deserters. Many of the Carter administration's most noteworthy accomplishments came in the field of foreign affairs. President Carter established full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and made good on a long-standing American promise to return control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians. After negotiating the necessary treaties with Panama, Carter prevailed in an exceptionally contentious ratification fight in the Senate. The outstanding achievement of the Carter presidency was the peace settlement between Israel and Egypt. Over 13 days of meetings at the presidential retreat, Camp David, Carter persuaded President An war Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel to end the 31-year state of war between their countries. Egypt was the first of Israel's Arab neighbors to make peace with the Jewish state. Israel ended its occupation of the Sinai peninsula and returned control of the territory to Egypt. In 1979 a revolution in Iran provided the most trying foreign policy challenges of the Carter presidency. After the victory of a fundamentalist Islamic faction in the Iranian revolution, radical students seized the American embassy and held American diplomatic personnel hostage,  demanding that the United States deliver the deposed Shah of Iran, who had sought medical care in the United States. Even after Shah's departure from the United States and his subsequent death in Cairo, the government of Iran refused to return the American hostages. After an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the captive Americans, President Carter was able to secure the Iranian government's agreement to release the hostages, but not until after he had been defeated for re-election by Ronald Reagan. Even though he his no longer president he is still very active, 1982 he university distinguished Professor at Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were early supporters of Millard and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps build homes for the needy in the United States and in other countries. For his actions in 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Most ex-presidents publish a volume of memoirs or two, but Jimmy Carter has carried on an impressive career as an extremely prolific and successful author. As of this writing, he has published 23 books. In addition to his presidential memoir Keeping Faith, written shortly after he left office, he has written memoirs of childhood, books on religion, spirituality, aging and family life, a volume of verse, and a historical novel, The Hornet's Nest, set in the South during the Revolutionary War. From the day he entered public life, this has always been his first concern. It is that quality of moral leadership that has given Jimmy Carter a unique role among all the men who have held the office of President of the United States.