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Memorandum To Jaworski On Prosecuting Nixon
This is a memorandum prepared for the Watergate Special Prosecutor, Leon Jaworksi, on the day Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. It was prepared by Carl Feldbaum and Peter Kreindler. WATERGATE...
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Remarks By Gerald Ford On Taking the Oath Of Office As President
Nixon’s resignation letter was delivered to the Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, at 11.35am on August 9, 1974, by Assistant to the President, Alexander Haig. Ford was sworn in shortly...
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President Ford Pardons Richard Nixon
A month after taking office, President Gerald Ford, addressed the nation on television to announce that he had decided to pardon Richard Nixon. Listen to Ford read the pardon proclamation PLAY Full...
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Text Of President Ford’s Pardon Proclamation
This is the full text of President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4311, Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon. Listen to Ford read the pardon: PLAY Note: The proclamation granted Nixon a pardon for all...
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President Gerald Ford testified before Congress about his pardon of Richard Nixon. Ford gave unsworn testimony to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice on October 17, 1974, just five...
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President Gerald R. Ford’s Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress Reporting on the State of the Union. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the 94th Congress, and distinguished guests:...
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Gerald Ford, President Following Watergate, Dies, 93
Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, died today, aged 93. Ford was the oldest ever ex-president and the only man to assume the presidency without being elected. Ford was...
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Newspapers Report Death Of Gerald Ford
Former President Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006. Thirty-two years after he succeeded and then pardoned Richard Nixon, Ford was accorded considerable media coverage for his role in bringing the...
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