Jimmy Carter Honored With Gerald Ford Medal For Public Service

Joe Holloway Jr. / associated press file

Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored with the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

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The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation made the announcement Monday at an event at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington D.C. In a video message recorded earlier in Atlanta, Carter noted that he shared “mutual respect” for Ford and an “intense personal friendship.”