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Article: Remarks on presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta.(speech by Pres Bill Clinton)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- August 16, 1999
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August 9, 1999
President and Mrs. Carter, members of the Carter family, including grandchild number 10, Hugo, who's right outside - [laughter] - members of the Cabinet who are here, friends of the Carters, Mr. Mayor. Let me say to all of you what a great pleasure it is for me to be here today. I flew down on Air Force One today with a number of former Carter administration members who, many of them, are in our administration, many others are mutual friends; and we relived old stories.
I remember in 1974, Governor Jimmy Carter had a role in the Democratic Party, and he was trying to help us all win elections. And I was running for Congress, and he sent ...