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Jimmy Carter and Life in the Big Apple's Brother

Long time since the Kanestergram hit your inbox, so here's to spreading yuletide cheer and shameless self promotion. I've e-mailed some of you recently about my exclusive interview with former President Jimmy Carter. For those of you into such things and friends from the news world, here is the complete interview with former President Jimmy Carter available on the web now: http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-01-voa30.cfm I've got some more stories forthcoming from this interview... one on North Korea, one on Palestine, and another on the Carter Center. All will be up in a few days. He's an awesome guy to talk to... and it was a monumental opportunity to talk with him about the issues. As for other things... Joanne and I are settling into our house in Glen Ridge New Jersey. Well, I say settling but we've only just begun the real work... getting the walls ready for painting. We hope to move in the week before Christmas just in time for our family visiting for ...

He Comes in Peace (and Controversy)

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Jimmy Carter Interview Add to My Profile | More Videos CHICAGO – He has just spent the last four hours on the telephone, talking with twenty different news outlets about everything from North Korean nuclear missiles to his homemade furniture. At exactly 11:00AM, the eighty-two year old is whisked away to another appointment that, for him, has become quite a busy morning. But he shows no signs of slowing down, as a camera crew in the middle of his Secret Service detail traces his every move through a whirlwind, cross-country book tour. My interview, should it not end up on the cutting room floor, will join hours of other footage from this hectic week. It's part of an effort by film Director Jonathon Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) to document the life of America's most traveled ex-president in the upcoming film "He Comes in Peace." Enter former President and Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter, here in Chicago to talk about his controversial new book "Palesti...