Word: rosalynn
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...find it remarkable how constantly the work for peace in the Middle East was on my mind. I had made an extensive visit through Israel in May 1973, while still Governor of Georgia, invited by Prime Minister Golda Meir to learn at first hand about her nation. This gave Rosalynn, Jody Powell, who was to become my White House press secretary, and me a chance to learn more about the land of the Bible, which we had studied since early childhood. We spent almost a week traveling around the surprisingly tiny country. For three days, before dawn...
...lunched with the mayor of Nazareth, drove all around the Sea of Galilee, went to Cana, walked the hills around Capernaum, studied the excavations at Jericho, worshiped at Bethlehem and swam in the Dead Sea. Rosalynn and I also walked along the escarpments of the Golan Heights, traveled slowly down the entire length of the Jordan River, rode the torpedo boats at Haifa and viewed a parade at a military training center at Bethel...
Those were sweet words to hear. I went back to Aspen and told Rosalynn, Fritz, Cy, Harold and Zbig that everything was all right. I described my conversation with Sadat, and we went back to work. It had been a bad time...
...Rosalynn Carter remains feisty in defense of her husband's record. She is especially proud of the restraint he showed for months over the hostages, noting grimly that if he had bombed Tehran, he would probably have won the election. She is personally bitter that Reagan's deep budget cuts have eliminated the federal mental health programs that she fought...
Back at his house after the bicycle ride, Carter spoke of his concerns about the country. After the book is finished, he said, he intends to speak out more. Two weeks ago, he and Rosalynn left Plains for a vacation trip to Scandinavia, and on the way back he visited French President François Mitterrand. Carter has been strangely polite in his criticism of Reagan, despite the fact that the President, as Carter knows, holds him in contempt. For some months, Carter was denied even the minimal daily briefing reports that are provided to a hundred...