Jimmy Carter actually said...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the Statutes of the United States of America.

This Convention affirms that there is no valid excuse for the taking of hostages and that there are no circumstances under which the seizure...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to improve the administration o...

The international crisis created by the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and the taking of Americans hostage overshadowed much of t...