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Kam Williams talks with Jimmy Carter about ‘Diary’ By Kam Williams Critic
existence of Israel. That would be one. Another that comes to mind right offhand is the peace treaty turning control of the Panama Canal over to Panamanians. The profitability and effectiveness of the canal is now five times as great as when the United States was in charge of it.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He and his wife of 64 years, Rosalynn, still make their home in their birthplace, Plains, Ga., a predominantly African-American town with a population of just 637. However, the inseparable, peripatetic couple continues to travel around the world on behalf of causes advancing peace, health care and a number of other humanitarian concerns. Carter is also a prolific writer, and the author of more than two dozen books. Here, he discusses his latest best-seller, “White House Diary,” an annotated version of the private journal he kept during his tenure in office. President Carter. Thanks for the time. I’m honored to have this opportunity. It’s my pleasure. I’ve been looking forward to this. The first time we were supposed to speak, the interview was cancelled because you fell ill and had to be rushed to the hospital. How are you feeling now? I’m getting along fine. I was just sick for one day, but it got a lot of publicity. And how’s Rosalynn and the rest of the family? Oh, everybody’s fine, thanks, and the family’s growing rapidly. I actually got to shake your hand at a campaign rally in Newark in 1980. So, when I started to read ‘White House Diary,’ the first thing I did was to look at your journal entry for that day to see whether you mentioned receiving words of encouragement from a bright, young black man with red
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hair and freckles who stood out in the crowd and made a lasting impression on you. But no such luck. (Laughs) Well, thank you for coming out. I appreciate that very much. Yale grad Tommy Russell says: ‘You have been on missions to North Korea and to Palestine to visit the leaders of countries that traditional politicians and philosophers shun as unpalatable or useless to negotiate with, and have discovered that negotiation is possible. What would you say is the biggest lesson you’ve learned from meeting with these leaders that others consider to be on the fringe?’ Well, first of all, it’s important to meet with the people who can shape future events, and who
might be causing a current problem. And to ignore them means that the problem will continue. Secondly, I’ve found that they really appreciate it when someone who is responsible will meet with them, and they really go out of their way to try to be accommodating. On both of my major trips to North Korea, the leaders of the country made it plain that they want to make progress toward doing away with nuclear weapons and towards ending the longstanding, official state of war, which persists between North Korea and the United States and South Korea, a war which has continued since the ceasefire over 50 years ago. That sort of thing happens quite often when we meet with people who are kind of international outcasts with whom the
government of the United States won’t meet. So, when I get back home, I always give a thorough report to the president and secretary of state to make sure that they know what the possibilities are. Tommy also has a much less serious query: ‘Having started out as a peanut farmer, do you love a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich?’ (Chuckles) Absolutely, Tommy! We have them quite often in our home. And I think our grandchildren like them even more than we do. PJ Lorenz asks: ‘Of your many accomplishments, which one is the most meaningful to you?’ I think maybe the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, which ended a long series of very challenging wars threatening the very
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— Read more of Kam Williams’ interview with President Jimmy Carter on his latest book at www. LeaderNewspapers.net.
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Bernadette was also wondering whether you think it will be possible to end the Cuban boycott in the near future given the current political climate. I hope so. I tried to do it 30 years ago, when I was president. We established diplomatic relations with Cuba to the extent that we have an “Intersection” in Havana for the United States’ diplomats, and one in Washington for Cuban diplomats. So, I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the 12 million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
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