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paf0@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

On President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, his Secret Service detail reflects on the assignment of a lifetime

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On President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, his Secret Service detail reflects on the assignment of a lifetime

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paf0@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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CBS News visited Plains, Georgia, for an inside look at the political outsider's security detail on his 100th birthday.
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    Even after he was no longer fit to teach, Carter regularly attended services, his wheelchair positioned next to the front pew as his lead agent sat behind him in a folding chair.

    “One Sunday in particular, the sermon was talking about making the world a better place,” Don Witham recalled. “And [the former president] very quietly, put down his head and said, ‘I’ve tried,’ to himself. And I reached forward with both my hands and put them on his shoulders, and I said, ‘And sir, you’ve succeeded.’”

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    This man helped eradicate the Guinea worm.

    That alone should grant him Sainthood.

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    And you know what he’s doing on his 100th birthday?

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      HfH is the reason I own my own home. Biggest life changer for me.

      YOU can do it to! Call your local HfH and ask, go to the first meeting, apply.

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      Well, unfortunately, what he is actually doing is likely drooling and suffering in a room at the hospice care facility. But it’s cool HfH did that to recognize him.

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        You’re not wrong…. But he’s still involved. (Habitat for humanity has been one of Carters favorites for a long time. Longer than I’ve been alive.)

        He’s still calling for updates, though.

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