Gerald Ford actually said...

I ask all Americans to close ranks, to avoid recrimination about the past, to look ahead to the many goals we share, and to work together on the great tasks that remain to be accomplished.

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Statement Following Evacuation of United States Personnel From the Republic of Vietnam

04/28/1975

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