After winning the 1976 election against former President Gerald Ford, Democrat Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in January 1977 as America’s 39th President. During his inaugural address, Carter mentioned how he wished to continue discussions of limiting armaments with the Soviet Union, stating, “We pledge perseverance and wisdom in our efforts to limit the world’s armaments to those necessary for each nations own domestic safety.” This was a smart move on Carter’s part regarding the failure to disagree during the SALT conference in Geneva in 1975. With Carter in office, the SALT conferences managed to make a return after a short hiatus.
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