The 39th president's so-called "malaise" speech aged poorly. But his passion for human rights, arms control, and energy conservation seem more prescient in hindsight.
On April 11, 1980, President Carter discusses the attempted rescue of 52 American hostages from the hands of young revolutionaries who had seized the U.S. Embassy in
Tehran.
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