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Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Earl Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of Governor of Georgia from January 12, 1971, to July 1, 1975. During his presidency, Carter focused on human rights, energy conservation, and the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. His administration also faced significant challenges, including the Iran Hostage Crisis and economic difficulties marked by inflation and unemployment.

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Sep 21, 1978

I hope that you won't be satisfied with just having done this small thing to help a man who... has devoted his last 4 years paying off old debts.

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Sep 21, 1978

I believe that we're ready for him, and I believe with your help, he'll be in Washington next January to help me.

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Sep 21, 1978

My hope and my expectation is that next week we will have a successful vote on the natural gas bill.

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Sep 21, 1978

We've always been eager to reach a hand out to someone who was in need.

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Sep 21, 1978

Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979.

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Sep 21, 1978

I think the answer to that question is that the developing nations of the world are much more committed to an all-encompassing, new international economic order.

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Sep 21, 1978

We are making adequate progress, a good, cooperative attitude between Capitol Hill and the White House.

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Sep 21, 1978

I think it helps all around, because it's not good for one person to be sitting here at a desk working hard all day, competent, and for their neighbor, who's incompetent or lazy, to get the same pay.

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Sep 21, 1978

I thought it was bad, but when I got to Washington, it was a lot worse than I thought it was.

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Sep 21, 1978

By prohibiting the hostile use of potentially disastrous environmental modification techniques, the Convention represents one more advance in the field of arms control to which my Administration is firmly committed.

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Sep 20, 1978

We discussed recent developments in Middle East peace negotiations.

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Sep 20, 1978

Both leaders expressed their satisfaction with the existing cordial bilateral relationship.

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Sep 20, 1978

The Council on Wage and Price Stability will continue to play an important role in supplementing fiscal and monetary policies by calling public attention to wage and price developments.

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Sep 20, 1978

The House of Representatives deserves congratulations for passing this important legislation.

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Sep 20, 1978

I am transmitting the Agreement between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany (F.R.G.)

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Sep 20, 1978

Such bilateral agreements, which are generally known as totalization agreements, provide for limited coordination between the United States and foreign social security systems

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Sep 20, 1978

I will nominate Donald K. Petterson of San Luis Obispo, Calif., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Somali Democratic Republic.

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Sep 20, 1978

These U.S.-F.R.G. Agreements are similar in objective to the U.S.-Italian social security agreements

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