Gerald+FORD+(1974-1977)

August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 ||  || //Did not receive a vote, but managed to become vice president of Nixon and president after him. // ||  || //Nelson A Rockefeller // ||   || //Henry Kissinger-Secretary of State-established foreign policies when he was the director of the National Security Council (this position was later granted to his assistant Brent Scowcroft when Ford entered presidency) //
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//Donald Rumsfeld-Whit house Chief of Staff- served as ambassador to NATO //

//Edward Levi-Attorney General-repaired damage that the Department of Justice suffered from during the Watergate affair // ||  || Richard Nixon Watergate scandal allowed Ford to take over. Demarcates, members of The Watergate Institute, fought on every issue presented, causing Ford to govern by exercised veto powers;66 times he vetoed, 12 times Ford policies were overridden.
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Dealing with crisis of energy that started with Arab Oil embargo of 1793 1974 (year recession began), oil and gas prices increased after Arab oil embargo that started in 1973 ||  ||
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{before Ford-1973 cease-fire between Egypt and Israel was established by the United States.}....1974 A signing of Israel and Egypt disengagement agreements to give Egypt back Sinai land.

//Vietnam conflict occurred when southern Vietnam was taken over by northern communists 1975. After Nixon was out of office, his commitments to Thieu were not carried out by Ford, whose administration allowed the south and north Vietnam to reunite under communist rule. //

U.S attempted without a lot of success to end Lebanon civil war. (1976) ||  || Pardoned Nixon's Watergate scandal, pardon caused opposition become even more ill favored of Ford ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">none ||  ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I don't think that Ford was a particularly awful president because during his presidency; he reduced inflation and unemployment rates, cut spending, formulated taxes and reduced Federal government power. This action made him unpopular with the opposing Democrats (who Ford constantly vetoed to cut back on spending);however, these policies allowed America to progress economically by supporting private industries (IRA and ATM). Although he angered a lot of Americans by pardoning Nixon, this action allowed damaged America to leave behind and recover from the Watergate crisis. ||  || lawyer, U.S Representative, .US vice president ||   ||
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">‘A government big enough to give us everything we want is a government big enough to take from us everything we have.’-G. Ford

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