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...could have listed Jimmy Carter as a progenitor of the Tomahawk cruise missile and Ronald Reagan as merchant prince of the huge weapons inventory that crushed the evil foe. But the fellow who may actually have had more to do with authoring the success story is never mentioned: Jerry Ford...
...Jerry Ford? Correct. As might be expected, given his postpresidential flight paths, the former Commander in Chief hauled his golf clubs to the salubrious environs of Rancho Mirage, Calif., during the crisis. But Ford, like other Americans, lingered in front of the TV screen as the war unfolded. He was also watching his boys perform back in Washington. "They did a terrific job," boasted Ford...
...eight men in George Bush's war council, four were brought in directly or shoved along in their journey by Ford. Two others arrived at the fringes of power during Ford's brief tenure, and their talents were allowed full play in the meritocracy that Ford helped nurture...
...think I had a knack of picking good people," said Ford last week. To start at the apex of what some are calling a "presidential culture": Ford first spotted George Bush in 1966. Ford, then House minority leader, recalls that Bush was a "bright star" running for Congress in Texas. He hurried down to campaign for him, then helped put Bush on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. As President, Ford made Bush U.S. representative to China and later named him to head...
When he was Vice President, Ford had got to know Lieut. General Brent Scowcroft, deputy head of the National Security Council. In those days Henry Kissinger was not only Secretary of State but also National Security Adviser. Ford did not like the double duty for Kissinger. He did like Scowcroft. As President, Ford in 1975 gave Scowcroft the NSC title and turned the self- effacing general into a recognized player in vital deliberations. And when Bush moved into the Oval Office, he put Scowcroft back in the job Ford had given him 13 years earlier...