Former President Jimmy Carter, who devoted his life to peacemaking, dies at 100

The World

The 39th President of the United States died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia at the age of 100. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum takes a look back at President Jimmy Carter’s legacy in American foreign policy.

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