Search results
Oct 1, 2005 · In the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies, he played brave adventurers, but in real life Harrison Ford avoided fighting in the Vietnam War by claiming to be a conscientious objector, the actor...
In October 1976, during a debate with Jimmy Carter, President Gerald Ford insisted, “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe,” and then defended that assessment before an...
Nov 30, 2007 · Ford had meant to say that he “does not accept” Soviet domination over Eastern Europe, but he flubbed the line and overstated his case. After four agonizing days of media criticism, Ford apologized and retracted the remark.
Jun 13, 2014 · In April 1975, President Ford -- with South Vietnam about to fall -- asked the United States Congress for $722 million in military aid to essentially continue that war, to prop up South Vietnam...
- Michael Yarvitz
- 22 min
- Background
- Analysis
- Assessment
Gerald Ford's presidency must be assessed in light of both the exceptional circumstances under which Ford assumed office and the severe challenges he faced during those years. Ford was not elected President (or vice president) by the American public; he became President in 1974 only after Richard Nixon chose to resign rather than face removal by Co...
Ford understood that his most pressing task was to help the country move beyond the despair, disgust, and distrust generated by the Watergate crisis. Ford's speech upon assuming the presidency, in which he declared that \"Our long national nightmare is over ... Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men,\" was met with almost univers...
Ford's presidency, then, was marked by three elements. First, Ford faced extraordinary challenges, especially involving the nation's economic woes, which he struggled to solve. Second, Ford had difficulty navigating a demanding political environment in which Democrats (from across the ideological spectrum) and conservative Republicans found fault w...
Apr 23, 2015 · In our May 5, 1975, issue, Newsweek wrote about President Gerald Ford's April 23 speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, during which he announced the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam...
People also ask
Why did Ford veto the Vietnam War?
Why did President Ford send troops to South Vietnam?
Did Gerald Ford say there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe?
What did Gerald Ford say about Eastern Europe?
What did Gerald Ford do in 1975?
What problems did Ford face as president?
Nov 9, 2009 · Unable to convince Congress to approve further military aid to South Vietnam, he could only watch as the country fell to North Vietnamese Communist forces in 1975.
