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Jimmy Carter's Humanitarian Diplomacy
After Gerald R. Ford’s short presidency, Jimmy Carter won the election of 1976. Carter followed Humanitarian Diplomacy, which focuses closely on human rights and interests of the people. Carter was very set on making peace with the Middle East after the Yom Kippur War. He focused on peace for the whole world. The Camp David Accords were signed and to establish peace between the Middle East. Carter also pushed to make things right between China and resolve the problems to have peace. He wanted to sign the SALT II agreement to help hold back the number of missiles, bombs, and nuclear weapons in the United States and the USSR.
In his domestic policy, Carter focused on high prices, education, civil service, pollution, inflation, and the oil shortage.

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