Carter will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.

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

The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians.

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Ironically, in a speech about a “crisis of confidence” Carter himself came across as not confident. Although he did lay out a plan, the speech lacked any single phrase that anyone could look at afterward and feel that he had a plan, and would be decisive, and has a shot at carrying out.

The 39th president will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.

In 1977, they and a few hundred idealistic, young, smart activists like them came to Washington to join Jimmy Carter’s new administration — an injection of outsiders into a White House that took pride in breaking out from the standard D.

Today, as a member of its board, I am honored to carry forward the mission inspired by the leadership and compassion of Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The former president's funeral will take place at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.

A state funeral for the 39th president on Thursday will bring together all five living presidents and feature a eulogy from President Biden.

The late president has been praised for placing human rights at the forefront of U.S. policy, but his Cold War maneuvering was marked by a familiar double standard.

Perhaps more than any single post-World War II president, Carter changed the way many saw the U.S. by attempting to inject American values of altruism, democracy and human rights into foreign policy.