While Carter's communication's director declared the president "wouldn't turn the White House into a Billy Graham Bible class," he did see the minister's advice on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

Billy Graham was close to many US presidents over the decades For decades, Graham was a fixture of the White House and acted as an unofficial counsellor to presidents - Time journalist Nancy Gibbs ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Billy Graham, the giant of American evangelism who was exalted by Jews for his championing of Israel at its hour of need and then condemned when a nasty anti-Semitic streak ...