The US flags will be flown at half-staff on Trump's inauguration day as President Biden earlier decided to lower the flag for 30 days from former President Jimmy Carter's death, until January 28.
In the United States, Presidents usually are involved in planning their funerals. A historian close to White House says that the decisions presidents take regarding their funerals reflect a lot about their personalities.
The 1979 US Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 45 years ago. All thanks to Jimmy Carter's sharp diplomacy.
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden mourned the death of former President Jimmy Carter, praising his leadership, dedication to peace, civil rights, and humanitarian work, as well as his enduring legacy of compassion and moral clarity.
According to the Carter Centre, on January 3, 1978, Carter and then First Lady Rosalynn Carter travelled to the village of Daulatpur Nasirabad, an hour southwest of New Delhi. He was the third American president to visit India and the only one with a personal connection to the country.
Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world-- Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office.
Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100, peacefully at his home in Georgia. The US president Joe Biden said over the years he had the honour of calling Carter his 'dear friend'.
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