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Jimmy Carter undergoes surgery at Emory

Former President Jimmy Carter. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM Former President Jimmy Carter in a 2014 interview. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com

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Former President Jimmy Carter. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM Former President Jimmy Carter in a 2014 interview. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com
By Jim Galloway
Aug 3, 2015

The Carter Center in Atlanta has sent this out:

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter underwent an elective procedure at Emory University Hospital today to remove a small mass in his liver. His operation proceeded without issues, and the prognosis is excellent for a full recovery.

A spokewoman for the Carter Center refused to say whether Carter is still in hospital. But the Associated Press included this in its report:

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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