Word: pardoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also called former President Gerald R. Ford's pardon of his predecessor, Richard M. Nixon, "a great mistake...
...said he was "ambivalent" toward Carter's pardon of alleged draft evaders. He added that he thinks Carter has done a good job in trimming the number of bureaucratic positions in the White House staff...
...date that will live in infamy, the U.S. was suddenly and deliberately disgraced when President Carter granted a general pardon [Jan. 31] to countless cowards and traitors...
...member of the armed forces of the U.S. and a veteran of Viet Nam, I support President Carter's pardon of the Viet Nam era draft evaders. I urge Mr. Carter to act swiftly to resolve the status of those ex-servicemen with less-than-honorable discharges and those who, as a matter of conscience, deserted...
...just this refusal to address the moral issues involved in the tragedy of Vietnam that makes the Carter pardon unacceptable. An unconditional, universal amnesty for all Vietnam-era draft resisters is the only acceptable solution. By failing to admit that the government's Vietnam policy was horribly wrong and that those who opposed that immoral policy in the only way they could were right, the pardon fails to serve the needs of those who were the victims and in many ways the greatest heroes of that time...