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Joel Goldstein talked about the history of the vice presidency and argued that the office has grown in importance, especially for the last six men who have held the position. Professor Golds…

Richard Moss talked about how presidents have used covert means to conduct sensitive diplomacy. Mr. Moss is the author of Nixon’s Back Channel to Moscow: Confidential Diplomacy and Détente. …

Andrew Scott Cooper talked about his book based on previously-classified documents revealing how the price of oil drove U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He discussed the deal for oil …

Ron Nessen served as President Gerald Ford’s press secretary and was with the president on a 1975 trip to China. Mr. Nessen gave a behind-the-scenes account of that visit and his impressions…

Benton Becker talked about the pardon of former President Nixon for any wrongdoings in the Watergate scandal which President Ford announced on September 8, 1974. Although not on his congress…

The eighth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Gerald R. Ford’s life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collec…

Following opening remarks by President Ford, former officials talked about the long-term impacts of the Vietnam War and the war’s impact on U.S. foreign policy. Among the issues addressed we…

The forum participants discussed the costs and consequences of the Vietnam War, especially as it related to the office of the presidency. They also told stories of their involvement in exe…

Participants talked about the impacts of the Vietnam War on domestic politics and on the media. Among the issues they addressed were the power of the media to sway political decision making,…

During this event held by the GERALD R. FORD FOUNDATION panelists reflected on the strides women have made in the past 50 years noting that women’s issues had begun to define political agen…

The Gerald Ford Foundation sponsored a panel discussion with former women politicians and journalists. The participants spoke about how the role of women in public life has changed over the …

President Ford introduced Mrs. Dole and briefly discussed the strong and active women in his life including his mother and his wife Betty Ford. Mrs. Dole then discussed the changes in women’…

Former President Gerald Ford and CIA Director George Tenet talked about the future role of the intelligence agency and its relationship with the White House, Congress, and the public. Follow…

Mr. Baker described his relationship with the CIA during his twenty years of government service in various positions. He gave examples of the different ways in which he utilized intelligence…

The panelists, including Former CIA Directors Stansfield Turner and James Woolsey, and Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, concentrated on the job of Director of the Central I…

A Panel at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library discussed the congressional and press oversight and coverage of the Central Intelligence Agency. Journalists, lawmakers and intelligence exper…

Former Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin discussed the democratic paradox, the tendency for citizens of a democracy to trust the form of government but to distrust those who govern. He s…

Former President Gerald Ford closed this conference titled “The Trouble with Washington” with his perspectives on public cynicism and discontent.

As part of a panel discussion titled, “The Trouble with Washington,” two former congressional leaders and Senator William Cohen, R-Maine, who is retiring at the end of this year, discussed w…

At the Gerald Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, journalists and political strategists discussed media coverage of politics and how this contributes to public cynicism. They e…