When then U.S. president Jimmy Carter struggled with skyrocketing expenses of health-care, he and his cabinet looked north to Canada during their first year in office.
When Carter went looking for friends and allies about the summit table in the 1970s, he found one first in Pierre Trudeau and then in Joe Clark.
"White House Diary" is considered particularly timely given current U.S. President Barack Obama's struggles in his first term and the comparisons strained between the 39th and 44th occupants of the White House.
When Carter went looking for friends and allies about the summit table in the 1970s, he found one first in Pierre Trudeau and then in Joe Clark.
"White House Diary" is considered particularly timely given current U.S. President Barack Obama's struggles in his first term and the comparisons strained between the 39th and 44th occupants of the White House.
But where Obama has achieved modest success on health-care reform, Carter's administration tried to come to terms with cost disparities between Canada and the United States.
" President Jimmy Carter noted in his private diary on September 26, 1977, "our figure is 10 per cent."
"White House Diary," then updates readers to the present-day situation in the United States. "U.S. spending on health care was more than 17 per cent of its GNP in 2009."
"White House Diary" is a must-read for any student of the US Presidency. It is also part of a refreshing re-examination of the Carter Presidency that has been going on for many years now.
"White House Diary," then updates readers to the present-day situation in the United States. "U.S. spending on health care was more than 17 per cent of its GNP in 2009."
"White House Diary" is a must-read for any student of the US Presidency. It is also part of a refreshing re-examination of the Carter Presidency that has been going on for many years now.
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