Jimmy Carter: “Yours is an ancient country, a nation of intense commitment to independence, to freedom, and to world leadership.”

I and about 25 others saw something in the air that changed colors and was round.

The aircraft carrying the 52 American hostages had cleared Iranian airspace on the first -- first leg of a journey home. And at every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well and free.

I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.

That our country for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned basic principles of human rights.