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...Nancy Reagan, wearing dark glasses and carrying a simple clutch purse, strolled to the front row on the arm of a steady Marine. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, without whom this particular state funeral likely would not be occurring, walked down the aisle together. In addition to the usual sections for the Supreme Court and family friends, there was one for 100 Eagle Scouts, who served as ushers...
...Ford's pursuit of the Nixon-Kissinger policy of d?tente drew criticism from the Republican right, particularly from California Governor Ronald Reagan, who argued that that approach to the U.S.S.R. conceded its continued existence. It was another irony of Ford's tenure that his lifelong conservative credentials came to be challenged by his allies...
...Outside the home, however, Ford's domestic record was spotty, largely because of the standoff between the White House and Congress. He had originally announced he would not run for President in 1976, but his sense of work left undone made him change his mind. Although Reagan won some Republican primaries, Ford arrived at the G.O.P. convention in Kansas City assured of the nomination. His Democratic opponent, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, ran energetically against Washington and the eight previous years of Republicans in the White House. Ford's aides at first planned to conduct a so-called Rose Garden...
...office, Ford continued to speak and tour energetically on behalf of his party. He toyed with the idea of running again in 1980, but even his close aides showed little enthusiasm. As the G.O.P. nominee, Reagan considered naming Ford his running mate. But Betty Ford had by then courageously made known her problems with drugs and alcohol, and former CIA director George Bush got the place on the ticket...
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