Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

Jimmy Carter is leaving Atlanta to return to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday. The departure ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m.

That's how Green Valley resident Ken Bensen remembers former president Jimmy Carter after spending years working with him and ...