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Frank G. Wisner, Diplomat With Impact on Foreign Policy, Dies at 86 He headed U.S. embassies around the world and relished the role, bringing a gregarious style to promoting American interests. But he clashed with the Obama White House.

This is very sad news. May his memory be a blessing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/u...

Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s Vice President, Left a Eulogy That Will Be Read at the Funeral Walter F. Mondale died in 2021, but he left behind the eulogy he planned to deliver at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

“We told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at home in Georgia.

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May his memory be a blessing, as was his life.

An SUV was in flames on the highway. Strangers saved the driver. “It was people risking their life to save another,” rescuer Kadir Tolla said.

I don’t post much nowadays, but: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

May his memory be a blessing, as his life was an inspiration.

Growing up in Atlanta, there were just so many public servants to be inspired by: John Lewis, Andrew Young, Maynard Jackson, Sam Nunn, and of course Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

May her memory be a blessing.