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Continued from Front manity in Nashville, Tennes-
"I just want to keep the see. In his latest appear-
whole world at peace," ances at the Carter Center
Carter said as he present- and in a town hall at Emory
ed his annual Carter Cen- University, Carter blasted
ter report last month. money in politics, urged
"We have been at war action to combat the cli-
more than 226 years. We mate crisis, and celebrated
have been at peace for the Carter Center's work
about 16 years" since the on public health, election
Declaration of Indepen- monitoring and conflict
dence in 1776, he said. resolution. But he said the
And every U.S. military con- center can do more to
flict from the Korean War constructively criticize U.S.
onward has been a war of military engagements. The
"choice," he said. Carter Center has "never
The 39th president survived voiced an opinion publicly"
a dire cancer diagno- on individual wars, he said
sis in 2015 and surpassed with some regret, adding:
George H.W. Bush as the "This is primarily my fault."
longest-lived U.S. president "The United States is very
in history this spring. He's deeply inclined to go to
had some trouble walking war," Carter said, partly to
after a hip replacement in "implant American poli-
May, but still teaches Sun- cies" in other countries, and In this Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter works with other volunteers on site
day School in Plains, and partly to "make a hero" out during the first day of the weeklong Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, their 35th work project
with his wife of 73 years, Ro- of wartime commanders with Habitat for Humanity, in Mishawaka, Ind. Carter turns 95 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.
Associated Press
salynn, now 92, still plans an in chief. This has significant
upcoming trip to help build economic consequences, at peace" since he nor- audience that "this may be dents. That could rule out
houses with Habitat for Hu- he said: China has "been malized relations with Bei- our last conversation with Sanders and another pro-
jing in 1979, and while the you ... we may or may not gressive favorite, Elizabeth
U.S. has spent trillions on have one next year." Warren. But Carter also said
military conflict, China has Carter has been accepting he'd like to see a woman as
invested similar amounts visits from several 2020 pres- president. And he said he
in high-speed rail, new col- idential candidate s, but couldn't have managed
lege campuses and other he's held back on endors- his presidential duties when
infrastructure. ing any of his fellow Demo- he was 80, which would nix
Carter talks with the realism crats, offering only clues to not only Sanders, at 78, but
of a nonagenarian, born in his thinking. former Vice President Joe
1924 when the world popu- Carter said he voted for Biden, who is 76. Warren is
lation was quarter of what it Bernie Sanders over Hillary 70, meaning she'd be near-
is today and life expectan- Clinton last time, but warns ly 80 at the end of a two-
cy for American males was that embracing single-pay- term presidency.
58 years. Saying he plans to er, government-run health Carter said only that he'll
start spending more time insurance could cost the be "voting Democratic" in
with his extended family, Democrats votes among the general election. By
he told the Carter Center moderates and indepen- then, he'll be 96.q

Tax overhaul lawsuit filed by 4 blue

states is dismissed

NEW YORK (AP) — A fed- day to the Republican-led owners saw large increases
eral judge in New York has tax overhaul filed last year in their federal tax bill af-
ruled that the 2017 federal by New York, New Jersey, ter the cap was enacted.
tax overhaul's cap on state Connecticut and Mary- The four blue states sued
and local tax deductions land. The tax law capped Treasury Secretary Steven
was not an "unconstitu- a deduction for state and Mnuchin and the Internal
tional assault" on the sov- local taxes at $10,000. The Revenue Service in July
ereignty of high-tax Demo- deduction, known as SALT, 2018, alleging that the cap
cratic-leaning states. was especially popular was "an unconstitutional
Judge J. Paul Oetken dis- in high-tax, Democratic assault on states' sovereign
missed a challenge on Mon- states, where many home- choices."q