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Gerald Ford: “It seemed to me that we ought to take an initiative here in Washington to indicate our full support for statehood for…”

On the recordDecember 30, 1976
It seemed to me that we ought to take an initiative here in Washington to indicate our full support for statehood for Puerto Rico.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Exchange With Reporters in Vail, Colorado, on Proposed Statehood for Puerto Rico.

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