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The 32 pages that link to Jimmy Carter, each with the reason it gives.

• Ronald ReaganCompared with: Carter’s presidency provides the immediate political and economic backdrop against which Reagan campaigned.

• Panama CanalRelated: His administration negotiated the agreements that ended US control.

• Camp David AccordsRelated: Carter’s sustained mediation helped bridge disagreements during the summit.

• Bill ClintonCompared with: Carter provides an earlier comparison for a Southern Democrat elected president after Republican administrations.

• Anwar SadatRelated: Carter hosted Sadat and Begin at Camp David and helped secure their agreement.

• United States Naval AcademyRelated: His service as a submariner followed his academy education.

• 1980 Summer OlympicsRelated: Carter announced the U.S. demand that the Games be moved or boycotted.

• DétenteRelated: Carter pursued a SALT II agreement, even as worsening relations undermined détente.

• Menachem BeginRelated: He mediated Begin and Sadat at Camp David in 1978.

• Iran hostage crisisRelated: His administration managed the crisis, and the hostages were released on his final day in office.

• PanamaRelated: His administration agreed to transfer the canal to Panama.

• Egypt–Israel peace treatyRelated: Carter’s mediation helped bridge disputes that threatened to derail the agreement.

• Gerald FordCompared with: Carter’s election marked a change in leadership and a public rejection of Ford’s bid for a full term.

• Iran–United States relationsRelated: His presidency encompassed the revolution, hostage crisis, and rupture in relations.

• United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumRelated: Carter established the presidential commission that recommended a national Holocaust memorial.

• Elie WieselRelated: Carter appointed Wiesel to lead the President’s Commission on the Holocaust.

• Jerry FalwellCompared with: Carter’s presidency helped expose tensions between evangelical identity and liberal policy.

• Paul VolckerRelated: Carter appointed Volcker Federal Reserve chair in 1979.

• Voyager Golden RecordRelated: His statement supplied an official presidential greeting to accompany the record.

• Zbigniew BrzezinskiRelated: Carter appointed Brzezinski as national security advisor and relied on his foreign-policy counsel.

• Billy GrahamRelated: Carter’s evangelical identity overlapped with Graham’s influence but remained politically independent.

• Helmut SchmidtRelated: Carter and Schmidt disagreed over aspects of NATO’s nuclear strategy and arms control.

• Omar TorrijosRelated: Carter negotiated and signed the Panama Canal treaties with Torrijos in 1977.

• Anastasio Somoza DebayleRelated: U.S. human-rights pressure weakened Washington’s support for Somoza’s government.

• Panama Canal treatiesRelated: He secured U.S. support for replacing permanent control with a scheduled handover.

• Operation CycloneRelated: His administration authorized covert assistance to Afghan resistance forces in 1979.

• 1970s energy crisisRelated: His administration confronted the 1979 energy crisis and promoted conservation.

• 1980 United States presidential electionRelated: His reelection defeat reflected widespread dissatisfaction with his administration.

• Carter DoctrineRelated: Carter announced the doctrine in his 1980 State of the Union address.

• Patty HearstRelated: Carter’s commutation shortened Hearst’s prison term after sustained public debate.

• Charles KrauthammerRelated: Krauthammer served in Carter's administration as director of psychiatric research and later wrote about that experience.

• William H. WebsterRelated: Carter appointed Webster FBI director in 1978.