Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter wave to the crowd after Jimmy Carter's speech before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, July 26, 2004 at the FleetCenter in Boston. The convention to officially nominate candidate John Kerry got underway with speeches by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Carter and former Vice President Al Gore, among many others. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION HB/ 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter acknowledges the applause from the crowd as he gives his speech before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, July 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston. The convention to officially nominate candidate John Kerry got underway with speeches by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Carter and former Vice President Al Gore, among many others. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US ELECTION HB/ 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter looks up while attending the 57th World Health Assembly at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva May 19, 2004. In his address to the Assembly, Carter stressed that the greatest challenge facing the world today was the growing chasm between the rich and the poor. REUTERS SCHWEIZ/Denis Balibouse DB/MR/AA 

President Bill Clinton presents former President Jimmy Carter with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the Carter Center in Atlanta August 9, 1999. Clinton also presented the award to Carter's wife Rosalynn (C).

WM/SV 

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, talks with former President Jimmy Carter, right, and volunteers form Habitat for Humanity on the front porch of one of the new homes the group is building June 19, in Pikeville, Kentucky. The First Lady came to participate in former President Carter's work project, an annual Habitat for Humanity house-building event.

HILLARY HABITAT 

President Clinton stands with former president's George Bush (L) and Jimmy Carter (R), during the opening event at the President's Summit for America's Future April 27. The three day summit is to help encourage American's to volunteer. Vice President Al Gore is at the far left.

VOLUNTEER 

Former Presidents George Bush (L), Gerald Ford (C) and Jimmy Carter answer questions at a press conference prior to ceremonies for the rededication of the Gerald R. Ford museum, in Grand Rapids, April 17. The museum is being rededicated as ten new exhibits open in what will be one of the most innovative and technologically advanced presidential museums in the nation.

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat shares a light moment with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on March 5 during a visit to the Plains High School in the former president's hometown of Plains, Georgia. Arafat made a visit to see Carter to talk about the ongoing peace process with Israel.

MIDEAST USA 

Former President Jimmy Carter reflects near the casket of former Senator and Secretary of State Edmund Muskie March 30 at the burial site in Arlington National Cemetery. Carter remembered Muskie's "integrity, sound judgement, and wisdom" during the dark days of the l980 Iranian hostage crisis.

USA MUSKIE 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (C) is briefed by Palestinian electoral officials while standing behind the counter in an East Jerusalem post office polling station January 20. Carter is head of the more than 600 international observers supervising the Palestinians' first general elections 

Former US President Jimmy Carter (L) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) shake hands upon his arrival, January 19. Carter is an observer at Palestinian elections in the West Bank and Gaza as about one million people will go to the polls to elect a president and members of the 88-seat Palestinian autonomy council 

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) accompanied by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrive November 28 for the opening of a conference to tackle the havoc created in the conflicted between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi. Up to one million Tutsis and Hutus massacred each other in Rwanda and at least 100,000 people have been slaughtered in Burundi 

U.S. President Clinton (C) talks with former presidents Jimmy Carter (L) and George Bush (R) aboard Air Force One November 6 while travelling to attend the funeral of slain Israeli President Yitzhak Rabin 

Former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush and President Clinton share a light moment at the signing ceremony for the side agreements for the North American Free Trade Agreement at the White House on September 14, 1993. Carter made a comment that the group needed chairs, due to the length of Clinton's speech. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and wife Roselyn meet a Haitian election official at a Port Au Prince polling station in Haiti, December 16, 1990. Looking on at center is Joao Baana Soares, head of the OAS, and Amy Carter. Carter is in Haiti to observe elections. REUTERS/Santiago Lyon 

9AUG99 FILE PHOTO - Former President Jimmy Carter will celebrate his 75th birthday with a celebration October 1 in Americus, Georgia. Carter is shown with former first lady Rosalynn Carter after they received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the Carter Center in Atlanta on August 9.

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U.S. President Bill Clinton is joined by former presidents (L-R) Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and George Bush as they join many of the world's leaders in Amman for the funeral of Jordan's King Hussein on February 8. Hussein ruled Jordan for 46 years and died of cancer February 7.

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Former President Jimmy Carter (C) applauds during the unveiling of a model of a Seawolf class submarine April 27 that will be named in his honor. Also applauding are Admiral Jay Johnson, U.S. Navy Chief of Operations (L) and Secretary of the Navy John Dalton (R). The 353-foot submarine is currently under construction, and will be powered by a nuclear reactor. Carter served as a submariner during his naval career, and worked under Admiral Hyman Rickover in the nuclear submarine program.

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Three former presidents, and the current United States President Bill Clinton (2ndL), wave to the crowd November 6 at the formal opening of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. From left, are:George Bush, Clinton, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Over 15,000 people attended the opening. 

Former United States President Jimmy Carter and his wife Roslyn walk past a Nigerian ECOMOG soldier providing security to them during their mission to Liberia to moniter the upcoming elections. Carter and his team of 40 election observers will monitor the voting in Liberia's first election since l985. 

Former President Jimmy Carter (L) kisses his wife Rosalynn after addressing
a press conference in Plains, Georgia, October 11, 2002. Earlier in the day,
Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his quest for democracy and
human rights. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

TLC/SV 

Former United States president Jimmy Carter laughs at his wife Roslyn
Carter during a town hall meeting at the Carter Center in Atlanta,
September 25, 2002. Carter who spoke about personal experiences with
ongoing projects, and criticized President George W. Bush on his policy
on Iraq. REUTERS/Tami Chappell REUTERS

TLC 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) and Cuban President Fidel Castro talk during a departure ceremony at Jose Marti International airport in Havana, May 17, 2002. [Carter, the first American president to visit the communist island since Fidel Castro took power in 1959, wrapped up his visit today.] 

A Cuban woman gives flowers to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
during a reunion with Cuban church leaders in "Martin Luther King"
center in Havana on May 15, 2002. Carters visit, the first of an
American president since President Fidel Castro took power in a 1959
revolution, is an attempt to bridge four decades of Cold War feuding
between Washington and Havana. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

DA/SV 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (3rd-L standing) and his wife
Rosalynn (3rd-R, standing) talk with mentally disabled children during
a visit to Cuba's special school "La Castellana" in Havana on May 15,
2002. Carters visit, the first of an American President since President
Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution, is an attempt to bridge
four decades of Cold War feuding between Washington and Havana.
REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

DA/MMR 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) listen to the Cuban national anthem at the baseball stadium "Latinoamericano" in Havana, May 14, 2002. [Carter's visit, the most important by an American since President Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution, is an attempt to bridge four decades of Cold War feuding between Washington and Havana.] 

A Cuban mother and her son watch a TV speech by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, May 14, 2002. [Carter's visit, the most important by an American since President Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution, is an attempt to bridge four decades of Cold War feuding between Washington and Havana.] 

Cubans watch a televised speech by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Havana University on May 14, 2002. [Carter's visit, the most important by an American since President Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution, is an attempt to bridge four decades of Cold War feuding between Washington and Havana.] 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talks with Cuban President Fidel
Castro (L) after a friendly game of baseball Cuba against U.S at the
"Latinoamericano" stadium in Havana, May 14, 2002. Carters visit, the
most important by an American since President Fidel Castro took power
in a 1959 revolution, is an attempt to bridge four decades of Cold War
feuding between Washington and Havana. REUTERS/Rafael Perez

DA/ME 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (C) and his wife Rosalynn look at
handcrafts at Cuba's AIDS sanatarium on the outskirts of Havana on May
14, 2002. Carters visit, the most important by an American since
President Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution, is an attempt
to bridge four decades of Cold War feuding between Washington and
Havana. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

DA 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) listens to Cuban President Fidel Castro during a welcoming ceremony at "Jose Marti" International airport in Havana, May 12, 2002. Carter is on a six-day visit to Cuba, and is the first American president to visit the communist island since Fidel Castro took power in 1959. 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles during a press conference at
the UN summit on financing development in Monterrey March 19, 2002. The
United Nations boasts this week's conference on financing for
development will help poor countries gain a foothold in the global
economy but activists are dismissing it as an empty promise.
REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

AW 

Former President Jimmy Carter waves to delegates before speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Boston on July 26, 2004. [The convention opened on a night when Carter, former President Bill Clinton, and former Vice President Al Gore were among the speakers laying out the themes for the Democrats' November election battle with President Bush. ] 

Former President Jimmy Carter with his wife Rosalynn waves to delegates as they walk from the stage after speaking at the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, July 26, 2004. Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry is expected to accept the party's official nomination July 29. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION JM 

Five former United States Presidents walk to the opening ceremony of former president Richard Nixon's Library in this file image from July 19, 1990 in Yorba Linda, California. From left to right are, former Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon. [Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, died June 5, 2004 at the age of 93 after a lengthy illness and will be buried June 11 on his presidential library grounds in Simi Valley, California.] 

U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry (L) link hands with North Carolina Senator John Edwards, former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter at the Democratic National Committee fundraising dinner in Washington, March 25, 2004. Democrats embraced John Kerry as their new chief with a show of solidarity from Presidents Clinton and Carter, and former foes mending fences in an effort to oust President [Bush] in this November's election. 

The Bush administration has not convinced Americans or Europeans that a
military attack on Iraq is necessary, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy
Carter said on January 31, 2003. "Our government has not made a case
for a pre-emptive military strike against Iraq, either at home or in
Europe," the Democratic former president said in a statement. U.S.
President George W. Bush (R) acknowledges former President Jimmy
Carter, as Bush met with Nobel laureates November 18, 2002 in the Oval
Office. REUTERS/Mike Theiler/Files

ME 

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter speaks to a hometown crowd in front of his former campaign headquarters as Fred Boyles, superintendant of the Jimmy Carter Historic site looks on (R), during a transfer of the Plains depot property in Plains, Georgia on October 11, 2002. Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize earlier in the day. 

Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush (L) speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia during funeral services for Coretta Scott King February 7, 2006. Coretta Scott King was the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. REUTERS/Ric Feld/Pool 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (front L) visits a polling station in Al-Eizariya, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 25, 2006. Palestinians voted on Wednesday in their first parliamentary elections in a decade, a ballot that could bring the militant Islamic movement Hamas into the government for the first time. About 900 foreign observers, led by Carter, were monitoring the process. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk 

US President Bush receives report from Carter-Baker Commission co-chair Carter at the White House in Washington. U.S. President George W. Bush (R) receives a report from the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform from former U.S. president Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 19, 2005. Carter and former secretary of State James Baker (not pictured) are co-chairs of the commission who presented to Bush their report entitled "Building Confidence in U.S. Elections". REUTERS/Jason Reed 

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (2nd L) is accompanied to the stage by U.S. President George W. Bush (L), former president George Bush (R) and former president Jimmy Carter (2nd R) at the start of the dedication ceremony for the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, November 18, 2004. 

Former US president Jimmy Carter is seen at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 26, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter arrive onstage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 25, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) 

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Damascus April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) talks with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo April 17, 2008. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds a news conference after meeting with diplomats in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 15, 2008. During his visit to Ramallah on Tuesday, Carter said he planned to meet Palestinian political leaders, including Naser al-Shaer, who served as deputy prime minister in the Hamas-led government formed after the 2006 election. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (C) visits a police station in the southern Israeli town of Sderot April 14, 2008, where remains of rockets, launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, are kept. Israel's secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday. Carter included Sderot on his itinerary. The area is often hit by rockets from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and one of the sources described the lack of Shin Bet assistance there as particularly "problematic". REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter meets Aviva and Noam Shalit (not seen), parents of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in Jerusalem April 13, 2008. Shalit was abducted in a cross border raid by Palestinian gunmen on June 25, 2006. Carter said in remarks to air on Sunday that his upcoming visit to the Middle East probably would include a meeting in Syria with leaders of the militant group Hamas. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter attends the starting day of the 24th Jimmy Carter Work Project in Los Angeles October 29, 2007. Carter on Monday urged the federal government to rescue millions of distressed subprime mortgage borrowers with a program that would help them keep up payments and avoid losing their homes. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter waves on stage at the premiere of "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" at the Elgin theatre during the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2007. The festival runs until September 15. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (CANADA) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles at the premiere of "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" at the Elgin theatre during the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2007. The festival runs until September 15. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (CANADA) 

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter smiles as he holds a Spanish classical guitar in a factory in Esquivias, central Madrid, August 13, 2007. The guitar, donated by Guitarras Manuel Rodriguez e Hiijos, will be auctioned by the Carter Foundation next February to raise funds for humanitarian aid. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela (L) shakes hands with the former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter during a ceremony marking his 89th birthday in Johannesburg, July 18, 2007. Mandela was to unveil the group of elder statesmen including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and former Irish President Mary Robinson at a news conference in Johannesburg. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter greets former first lady Nancy Reagan at the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson at Riverbend Centre in Austin, Texas July 14, 2007. Lady Bird Johnson died on July 11 at the age of 94. REUTERS/Deborah Cannon/Pool (UNITED STATES) 

(L-R) Former first lady Nancy Reagan, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, former president Jimmy Carter, first lady Laura Bush and former president Bill Clinton attend a funeral service for former first Lady Lady Bird Johnson in Austin, Texas, July 14, 2007. Lady Bird Johnson died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at the age of 94. REUTERS/David J. Phillip/Pool (UNITED STATES) 

Former U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter (L) and Bill Clinton attend the Billy Graham Library Dedication on the campus of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina May 31, 2007 . REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter waits to speak about his controversial book 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid' at Jewish-founded Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts January 23, 2007. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (2nd R) and his wife Rosalynn Carter (2nd L) arrive at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan January 2, 2007. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks during an interview with Reuters in Juba, south Sudan April 13, 2010.
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