Gerald Ford - US Politics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional leaders gathered on Tuesday to witness the dedication of a statue of the late former president Gerald Ford in the Capitol Rotunda.The statue is the state of Michigan's placement for the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol."Now ...

The author discusses how the U.S. House of Representatives failed to hold U.S. President George W. Bush's administration accountable for its abuses of power concerning torture, and how this failure has resulted in a weakening of U.S. constitutional order. The author states ...

On January 19, 1977, the White House was filled with cardboard boxes, moving men and staff gathering for bittersweet goodbyes. The Washington Post would report that the capital was "glistening with ice" as President Gerald R. Ford went about his last full ...

Freedom of Information Act, in practice, leaves much room for improvement promised by ObamaPresident Barack Obama is promising to reinvigorate the Freedom of Information Act by opening more of the government's filing cabinets without a fight. It can't happen soon enough for ...

I was an 18-year old college freshman the first time I voted for Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a breath of fresh air injected into the smoke filled back rooms of deal making politicians who rejected core values in favor of political ...

Obituaries in the NewsElias Blake Jr.ATLANTA (AP) _ Elias Blake Jr., a leading advocate for blacks in higher education and a former president of Atlanta's Clark College, was found dead Sunday. He was 77.He was found dead, apparently of natural causes, at ...

Vander Jagt, Former U.S. Representative From Mich., Friend of Gerald Ford, Dies at 75Former Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, who led House Republicans' election strategy for years and was a confidant of Gerald Ford before and during his presidency, died Friday. He was ...

I think Rumsfeld, Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq. Thus, former President Gerald Ford criticizes the Bush Administration -- including Cheney and Rumsfeld, his former aides -- from the grave. Regardless of ...

The oldest-living former president, Ford was appointed vice president by former President Nixon in 1973, following the resignation of Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew. Ford then became president by succession on August 9, 1974, when President Nixon resigned in order to avoid ...

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