Testing, Testing, Testing

Jimmy Carter has to keep proving himself to Congress

For Jimmy Carter, the presidency must sometimes seem like an endless series of tests in which he is asked to prove that he is capable of leading the nation. In foreign policy particularly, the rambunctious 95th Congress is determined to judge every use of the authority that the Constitution grants him. Last week the Administration underwent two of these trials—on Turkey and Rhodesia—and while the results were mixed, Carter earned passing grades for leadership. But coming up this week: a new exam on foreign aid.

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