Annan as the Next Jimmy Carter

Outgoing Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, makes a speech at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, December 11, 2006. Annan, in his last major speech as U.N. secretary general, urged the United States on Monday to shun go-it-alone diplomacy and collaborate on its world challenges, including the Iraq war. Image Credit: REUTERS/Dave Kaup