{"id":69470,"date":"2024-12-29T15:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=69470"},"modified":"2024-12-29T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:29:43","slug":"passing-of-former-president-jimmy-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=69470","title":{"rendered":"Passing of Former President Jimmy Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>12\/29\/2024 06:01 PM EST<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Carter was a United States President, a U.S. Navy veteran, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and a humanitarian who dedicated his life to promoting peace, democracy, and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout\u00a0decades of\u00a0public service,\u00a0President Carter\u00a0embodied\u00a0integrity,\u00a0<wbr \/>compassion, and\u00a0a commitment to advancing\u00a0the\u00a0freedom,\u00a0<wbr \/>security, and\u00a0welfare\u00a0of others.\u00a0He\u00a0channeled\u00a0that spirit in his foreign policy,\u00a0from\u00a0negotiating the return of the Panama Canal to its host nation,\u00a0to\u00a0developing arms control agreements with the Soviet Union.And he brought it to his every exchange\u00a0and conversation, from heads of state to ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n<p>He understood that the fates\u00a0of Americans\u00a0werebound up with\u00a0those\u00a0of people in other countries, so he was early to recognize that protecting our shared planet and promoting global public health were vital national security interests.<\/p>\n<p>President Carter also showed us\u00a0what can be achieved\u00a0through\u00a0tireless and principled\u00a0diplomacy, mediating a landmark deal with Israel and Egypt that helped forge peace between two nations\u00a0that had\u00a0spent decades at war.\u00a0His efforts are\u00a0an important reminder\u00a0of what\u2019s possible,\u00a0especially amidst\u00a0renewed\u00a0conflict and suffering in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Even after he left office,\u00a0President Carter never stopped\u00a0pursuing\u00a0peace and advancing\u00a0human\u00a0rights, in ways big and small, often with his wife\u00a0and partner\u00a0of 77 years, Rosalynn, who passed\u00a0away last\u00a0year. For decades, they worked side-by-side,\u00a0whether they were\u00a0picking up hammers\u00a0to help build\u00a0homes\u00a0for families in need,\u00a0or\u00a0leading efforts\u00a0through the Carter Center\u00a0to eradicate disease, resolve\u00a0armed\u00a0conflict,\u00a0<wbr \/>monitor elections, and promote democracy.<\/p>\n<p>A man of faith,\u00a0President Carter once said that \u201cour greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.\u201d\u00a0By that measure and so many others,\u00a0President Carter\u00a0lived a blessed life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12\/29\/2024 06:01 PM EST &nbsp; Antony&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69471,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69470\/revisions\/69471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}