During Carter's presidency, many thought they would no longer have to sign up for possible military service. As one Rolling Stone writer learned at the time, they were wrong.

After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,

For many Vietnam War resisters – myself included, it is more personal. Jimmy Carter’s first act as president was to pardon draft resisters. He then established a program for military deserters ...

In death, as in life, former President Jimmy Carter can’t seem to get a fair shake ... LBJ, aided by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, willfully concealed the true costs of the Vietnam War for political reasons. Nixon literally threatened Federal ...

The legacy of Jimmy Carter's administration includes key roles in countering the Soviets and Islamist extremists in the Middle East.

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, died on Dec. 29 ...

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and derailed many Carter initiatives.

Read Jimmy Carter’s full obituary Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal ... and honest talk for an electorate disillusioned by the Vietnam War and Watergate, signed significant legislation and negotiated a landmark ...

And Reagan seemed particularly strong compared to his predecessor, Jimmy Carter ... the lingering trauma of Vietnam, the American public was not inclined toward more war or defense spending.

On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who evaded the Vietnam draft.

Jimmy Carter was elected President in 1976 just one year after the U.S. was defeated in the American War in Vietnam and two years after President Nixon resigned the presidency. Carter seemed to offer the possibility of forgiveness and redemption for our ...