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The mortal remains of former US President Jimmy Carter has reached the country’s capital Washington. Jimmy Carter’s body will be buried with full state honors at the US Capitol. The process of burying the former President will start from Tuesday. Jimmy Carter died on December 29 at the age of 100. After that his body was kept at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta.
The body was brought to Washington with full state honors
On Tuesday morning, the body of the former President was flown by special plane from Dobbins Air Reserve Base to Joint Base Andrews Base in Maryland. After this, the mortal remains were brought to the capital Washington in a special convoy. Now the mortal remains of the former President will be buried in the US Capitol. Here various MPs will pay homage to the mortal remains of the former President. On reaching Washington, a gun salute was given in honor of the former President. After this the military band played. Similar tributes were paid to the former President while sending the mortal remains from Atlanta, the capital of Georgia.
When Trump talked about Panama Canal issue, people raised questions
When the coffin was brought to the US Capitol in a special convoy from Washington, it was accompanied by some lawmakers and three judges of the US Supreme Court. The process of burying the former president will continue till Thursday. President Joe Biden will also pay tribute to the former president. While Jimmy Carter’s body was being flown from Georgia to Washington, President-elect Donald Trump criticized late former President Carter for handing over control of the Panama Canal to his country during a news conference in Florida. When asked whether it was appropriate to criticize Carter at this time, Trump responded that ‘I liked him as a person. But I disagreed with his policies.
