WASHINGTON � Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.
Hundreds of mourners including all five living current and former U.S. presidents filed into the Washington National Cathedral, where Carter's flag-draped coffin was attended by a military honor guard.
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