Edmund Muskie
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie was an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and naval officer who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. A member
Muskie as Governor of Maine, 1950s
Muskie (far left) and his wife Jane (far right) with Terry Sanford (second from left) and his wife Margaret Rose (second from right) in 1980
The floor of the Maine House of Representatives.
"Muskie For Maine" campaign poster for the governorhip of Maine in 1954
Cyrus Vance
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Cyrus Roberts Vance was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 57th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position, he wa
Edmund Muskie
…resignation from the Senate, he became the 58th U.S. Secretary of State under President Carter, after being tapped by him following the resignation of Cyrus Vance. Muskie's tenure as Secretary of State was one of the shortest in modern U.S. history. His department negotiated the release of 52 Americans, thus…
Vance in 1977
The Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi meeting with Alfred Leroy Atherton, William H. Sullivan, Vance, President Jimmy Carter, and Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1977
Vance working to free hostages in the State Department Operations Center, 1979