FILE - President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gather with their aides during discussions on Middle East problems at Camp David, Md., in September ...

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive evangelical.

In September 1978, President Jimmy Carter invited Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Camp David in Maryland for a historic peace summit. For 13 tense days ...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty ...

LEAD: The picture was taken 10 years ago on the South Lawn of the White House seconds after Jimmy Carter, Anwar el-Sadat and Menachem Begin signed their names to the first peace treaty ever ...

Stuart Eizenstat, a policy advisor to former President Jimmy Carter, discusses Carter's achievements and challenges during his presidency.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shaking hands at the conclusion of the Camp David Peace Accords signing ...

FILE - President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gather with their aides during discussions on Middle East problems at Camp David, Md., in September ...

FILE - From left, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign one of two agreements forged at the Camp David summit during a joint ...