
Oberdorfer ('97): “Suddenly a diplomatic-military crisis took on new political dimensions, as it played out on CNN around the world. To the consternation of the White House, the press saw administration officials as bystanders while a private citizen, Jimmy Carter, appeared in control of US policy.”
— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2024-12-30T21:31:22.305Z
Photo at top: Former President Jimmy Carter meets President Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, DPRK, on June 16, 1994 (DPRK photo given to Jimmy Carter; courtesy The Carter Center). Top two posts are based on this author’s personal records of that time as well as from Douglas Brinkley’s The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House.