WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Peters, founding editor of The Washington Monthly and its editor-in-chief for three decades, died Thursday at age 96. In confirming his death in his Washington home, the journal reported that Peters had been in declining health for several years, mainly from congestive heart failure. He served as the magazine's editor from 1969 to 2000. The author and journalist James Fallows, who began his career at the magazine, told readers of Peters' death on the journal's website. “He matters in the ideals he has set for his country,” Fallows wrote.

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