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President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) Vice president: Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) Chief justice: Warren E. Burger ; Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts) Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) Congress: 95th
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January 6– While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Carter states his most recent tour has advanced the image of the United States as standing for "what is right and decent and g...January 15– The Congressional Budget Office says it is mandatory that the United States spend 6 to 7 billion "for additional tanks, planes and supplies if it wants to use three extra divisions to r...January 20– President Carter signs an Economic Report during a signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room.January 20 – President Carter presents the Alexander Hamilton Award to Laurence N. Woodworth and Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthalin the Roosevelt Room.February 1– President Carter delivers an evening address in defense of the Panama Canal treaties from the Family Library of the White House. He says the only reason the treaties need approval is du...February 9– President Carter transmits the Agreement between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency in a message to the Senate for ratification.February 9– In a statement, the White House says President Carter "fulfilled a 10-year United States pledge for nuclear safeguards by submitting to the Senate for ratification a treaty with the Int...February 9 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert M. Sayrefor Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil.March 1 – National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinskiwarns "unwanted intrusion" in the conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia would impose complications to a new US and Soviet Union arms treaty an...March 1– President Carter signs legislation enabling coals miners to have eligibility for payments on black lungs during a White House ceremony.March 10 – President Carter signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978into law during a morning ceremony in the Cabinet Room. President Carter says the legislation "will give guidance to me, t...March 10– President Carter reports a deferral from the Department of Agriculture of Forest Service funds that total $4.5 million in budget authority in a message to Congress.April 1 – President Carter attends a welcoming ceremony at Dodan Barracks in Lagos, Nigeria.April 1– President Carter delivers remarks at the National Arts Theatre in Lagos on relations between the United States and Nigeria.April 2– President Carter answers questions on South Africa policy, American investments and assistance to Nigeria, embargoes against South Africa, cooperation between the US and Nigeria, Zimbabwe...April 3– Secretary of State Vance answers questions from reporters on international issues while boarding Air Force One.May 1– President Carter transmits the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement for 1978 between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada to Congress in a message.May 2– President Carter transmits the annual report of the Federal Council on Aging in accordance with Section 205 (f) of the Older Americans Act (P.L. 93-29) to Congress in a message.May 2– President Carter attends the National Small Business Person of the Year award ceremony in the Rose Garden.May 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard F. Kneipfor Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Singapore.June 1– President Carter announces the appointment of the 1978–79 White House Fellows.June 1– President Carter attends the dedication ceremonies for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art.June 2– President Carter delivers remarks on strategic arms limitations to reporters in the Oval Office.June 2 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Alabama Senator James B. Allenwho he calls "one of the great masters of parliamentary procedure in the long tradition of Southern Senato...July 12– President Carter announces the nomination of Stanley R. Resor for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.July 12– President Carter announces the nomination of George M. Lane for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Yemen Arab Republic.July 12– President Carter announces the appointment of George Chaplin for United States Alternate Representative on the South Pacific Commission.July 12– In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, President Carter notes the upcoming Judiciary Committee vote on H.J. Res. 638, which would lengthen the time for ratification of the Equal Rig...September 17 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.
November 1– President Carter signs Executive Order 12093, establishing the President's Commission on the Holocaust.November 1– President Carter announces the appointment of John P. White for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.November 1 – President Carter signs the Contract Disputes Act of 1978into law. President Carter says the legislation "will provide a much more logical and flexible means of resolving contract dispu...November 1– President Carter signs Executive Order 12094, regarding the special pay for sea duty.December 1– President Carter announces the nomination of Jesse Hill, Jr. and Joan F. Tobin for membership on the board of directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation.December 4– President Carter announces the nomination of Dale E. Hathaway to be the inaugural holder of the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs.December 4– President Carter announces the appointment of William J. Stibravy for Deputy Representative of the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.December 4 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Congressman William A. Steiger, who he says the "energy, independence, and good humor" of will be missed among his Wisconsin constit...Overview. Democrat Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Carter was unable to solve most of the problems plaguing the country during his administration, including an ailing economy and a continuing energy crisis.
- What has Carter done to deserve a Nobel prize?He won it for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to p...
- What does the phrase, " making him the first elected president to be unseated by the American people...He was the first president since Herbert Hoover in 1932, who had been elected (i.e. hadn't become president by being vice president and the preside...
- I think that it contribute to the poor people and the farmers.The Carter presidency was a hopeful time. After the scandal of the corrupt Nixon administration, and a brief breather with Gerald Ford as president...
- Carter a conservative? He was a liberal. "Carter has been compared to Herbert Hoover, another presid...No, he was a Conservative. Not a very good one though.
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As the head of the government of the United States, the president is arguably the most powerful government official in the world. The president is elected to a four-year term via an electoral college system. Since the Twenty-second Amendment was adopted in 1951, the American presidency has been limited to a maximum of two terms.
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