Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America’s role in the world: Carter said human rights should be a “fundamental tenet of our foreign policy.

A generous description of former President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy track record during his four tumultuous years in the White House would be one defined by peaks and valleys. Many see Carter's role in brokering the Camp David Accords,

The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., is holding a memorial service for the former president Sunday evening.