Jimmy Carter

President Obama faces re-election amid a mixed and mediocre set of economic indicators. Read More

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When Willie Nelson visited the White House last December, it was just days after the singer's arrest for possession of 6 ounces of pot. Read More

Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri met on Tuesday with former US President Jimmy Carter, who heads an NGO that will monitor Egypt's presidential election set to begin on Wednesday, the first such contest since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Read More

On All Things Considered today, NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson will look ahead to Egypt's first free presidential election — voting begins Wednesday and is expected to lead to a mid-June runoff — and how some Egyptians who played roles in last year's revolution there are refusing to take part because they don't trust the military leaders who run the country. Read More

RCMP eyed philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre during tense Quebec political upheaval. [theglobeandmail.com] Canadian spies closely eyed existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, tracking his planned trip to Quebec in support of people arrested during a crackdown on separatist threats, newly released documents show. Read More

An election committee announced former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in Cairo as part of a delegation monitoring Egypt's presidential election. Read More

For President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney is an obvious throwback to another era — a stiff Father Knows Best-type who straps the dog to the station wagon and marries his high-school sweetheart. Read More

I'm fairly sure that Jimmy Carter is the bravest man I know. Read More