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Unladen Swallow

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8. Given the iconic nature of the Carter presidency

Reply to SheilaAnn (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:46 PM

Jan 2025

it does seem strange for her not to be there.

But I'm not her keeper, and obviously she has someplace else she needed to be.

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