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After Kennedy's death, the desk was removed for a traveling exhibition, returning to the Oval Office under Jimmy Carter in 1977. It has been the Oval Office desk ever since with the exception of the George H.W. Bush presidential years. [33] Oval Office, The White House, Washington, D.C. [26] Jimmy Carter: Ronald Reagan: Bill Clinton: George W. Bush
Iran waited to release the captives until 30 minutes after Carter left office on January 20, 1981. [208] Released in 2017, a declassified memo produced by the CIA in 1980 concluded "Iranian hardliners – especially Ayatollah Khomeini" were "determined to exploit the hostage issue to bring about President Carter's defeat in the November ...
The desk stayed in the President's Office until the office was moved to the newly built West Wing in 1902, during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. [1] After the McKim, Mead, & White renovations to the White House, Edith Roosevelt moved the Resolute desk to the former cabinet room, now the Treaty Room, to create a Den, or President's Study, for ...
The intervention by Carter remains among the most significant diplomatic accomplishments by a president in modern history. ... President Jimmy Carter at his desk in the Oval Office, talking to his ...
U.S. President Jimmy Carter works on a speech for television in the Oval Office of the White House, February 2, 1977. Carter's post-presidency work Carter remained in the public eye after defeat.
Jimmy Carter at his desk in his private study on Nov. 21, 1978. ... Former President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100 on ... he promised to set import quotas and encourage alternate ...
Image of President Carter displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Portrait by Robert Templeton. Carter was inaugurated as the 39th president on January 20, 1977. [141] One of Carter's first acts was the fulfillment of a campaign promise by issuing Proclamation 4483 declaring unconditional amnesty for Vietnam War-era draft ...
Carter took office in 1977 with inflation cooling down to around 6%, down from a very problematic 12% a few years earlier. But then in 1979, it took off again, taking the price of goods and ...