Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.
Carter’s Chief White House Domestic Policy Advisor calls him America’s “most accomplished one-term modern president.”
Conventional wisdom holds that Jimmy Carter was a failure as a president, redeemed only by his philanthropy and efforts to promote democracy in his post-presidential years. This is palpably wrong. Carter’s accomplishments at home and abroad were more extensive and longer lasting than those of almost all modern presidents.
A state funeral for the 39th president on Thursday will bring together all five living presidents and feature a eulogy from President Biden.
Stuart E. Eizenstat was chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981 and held several senior positions in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001, including U.S. ambassador to the European Union, undersecretary ...
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Here, see all the photos of Jimmy Carter's state funeral: Carter's family, including daughter Amy Carter (4th L), watch as the Carter's casket leaves the Capitol for the state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. A view of Carter's remains leaving the Capitol. The Carter family looks on as a honor guard carries him.
Stuart Eizenstat is a former White House domestic affairs advisor to Jimmy Carter.
Mary Elizabeth King was running a group designed to boost the paltry number of women in the top ranks of the federal government. And Joan Claybrook was one of Ralph Nader’s Raiders, the cadre of lawyers and researchers around the country pushing for consumer protections.
Jimmy Carter’s funeral is being held at Washington National Cathedral. President Joe Biden is delivering a eulogy.