Zbigniew Brzezinski

National security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, seated second from right, sits in as Huang Chen, chief of China’s liaison office, left, meets with President Carter, right, in the Oval Office on Feb. 8, 1977.

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May 26, 2017 7:54 PM PT

Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor to President Carter, has died.

President Carter, center, flanked by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, right, and national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski walk toward a waiting helicopter to fly to the nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on Feb. 14, 1979.

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National security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, left, and CIA director Stansfield Turner await a ceremony in which President Carter signed an executive order giving Turner an “enhanced role” on Jan. 24, 1978, in Washington.

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Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter’s national security advisor, right, is sworn in on Capitol Hill before testifying in front of the special Senate judiciary subcommittee investigating the president’s brother Billy Carter’s ties with Libya on Sept. 17, 1980.

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Zbigniew Brzezinski poses for a photo on March 8, 1982 in New York.

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Zbigniew Brzezinski embraces former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 13, 2006, criticizing the Bush administration’s handling of the war on terror and calling for a new direction on security policies.

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