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The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2]
Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower—have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a second term.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1977, the ship is the second of ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers currently in service, and is the first ship named after the 34th President of the United States and General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The hostages were, indeed, released, with Carter himself traveling to West Germany to greet the Americans on their way home, just one day after he left the White House. Related: Jimmy and Rosalynn ...
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from Georgia, was elected President of the United States on November 2, 1976 and was inaugurated as the nation's 39th president on January 20, 1977, and his presidency ended on January 20, 1981, with the inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
Born to James Earl Carter Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter on Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter lived to age 100, making him the oldest former president before his death and the longest ...
His first steps in the White House went further in this direction: Carter cut the size of the 500-member White House staff by one-third and reduced the perks for the president and cabinet members. [19] He also fulfilled a campaign promise by issuing a "full complete and unconditional pardon" (amnesty) for Vietnam War-era draft evaders. [20]
Jimmy Carter dies at 100: Trump, Biden, Obama all honor the 39th president's legacy Carter has long said he would be buried in Plains, Georgia. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter was buried in ...