President Carter videorecording / produced by the Bicentennial Commission in collaboration with the Trust for the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution and Anthony Potter Productions.
Introduction by Warren E. Burger, former Chief Justice of the United States and Chairman of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. VHS format. Interviewer : Hugh Sidey.
Summary:
The first President elected from the Deep South since the Civil War, Jimmy Carter discusses the Office of the Presidency from the perspective of a Washington outsider who sought to make human rights a centerpiece of his administration. Carter reflects upon the nature of Presidential leadership, illustrated by the Camp David Accords, the Iran hostage crisis, the Panama Canal Treaty, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the energy crisis.
Series:
We the people : the president and the Constitution
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