FILE - This Aug. 18, 1977 file photo shows President Jimmy Carter telling reporters in Washington that his confidence, support and faith in Bert Lance, left, were reconfirmed by the report of federal investigators, that they found nothing warranting prosecution in his Georgian banking activities. Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and close ally of former President Jimmy Carter who served as his first budget director before departing amid an investigation of his bank's lending practices, has died, Thursday, Aug, 15, 2013. He was 82. (AP Photo)