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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Biden says former President Jimmy Carter was a man of great character and courage.
What I find extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend as well, even though they never met him. And that's because Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words, but by his deeds. Just look at his life, his life's work. He worked to eradicate disease, not just at home, but around the world.
He forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promoted free and fair elections around the world.
Carter died today at the age of 100 after nearly two years of in-home hospice care in Plains, Georgia. NPR's Brian Naylor reports Carter, the 39th president of the U.S., was a peanut farmer and former Georgia governor who defeated incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976.
Jimmy Carter's four years in the White House were marked by a number of crises. There was the hostage crisis with Iran in which 52 Americans were held captive for over a year. An oil embargo caused long lines and spiraling prices for gasoline. It led to Carter's so-called malaise speech in 1979. It is a crisis of confidence.
It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national world. But there were also successes. Carter helped Israel and Egypt reach a peace agreement at Camp David. Much of Carter's legacy was shaped after his defeat by Ronald Reagan in 1980. He remained active in public life, writing more than 20 books and helping build homes with Habitat for Humanity.
In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Brian Naylor, NPR News, Washington.
Palestinian authorities say the Israeli military struck a health clinic in the Gaza Strip today, killing seven. Israel says the al-Wafqa clinic building was serving as an operating base for militants. Empire's Emily Fang reports the deadly airstrike comes the day after another hospital in Gaza was forced to close by Israel.
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