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Gerald Ford: “You've got a big job to do carrying out the Secretary's policies and carrying out my decisions.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1976
You've got a big job to do carrying out the Secretary's policies and carrying out my decisions.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks Congratulating William W. Scranton on His Nomination To Be Ambassador to the United Nations

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