Carter promised the American people, “I’ll never lie to you.” He was so honest that in a 1980 interview, during his reelection campaign, he was asked how he would grade his presidency. His answer: B’s ...
Carter became a submariner in the Navy, where he was spotted by Adm. Hyman Rickover, who is considered the father of the U.S. nuclear submarine program. Rickover selected Carter as an aide and ...