office before the plane was allowed to fly out of teheran to algiers. everything was delayed despite the agreement to make sure jimmy carter didn't get any credit for the freedom of the hostages. >> it was a bittersweet moment as jimmy carter, private citizen, left andrews air force base outside of washington, to go home to georgia. >> luck is a big factor in a presidency, and jimmy carter had some very bad luck. >> because of the blow-back from vietnam and watergate, it will be recognized that jimmy carter inherited a national and world situation that was almost completely unmanageable. >> a few moments ago on air force one i had received word officially for the first time that the aircraft carrying the 52 american hostages had cleared iranian airspace on the first leg of the journey home and that