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Gerald Ford: “I believe in the domestic field, we have a major obligation to keep the firm, steady and, I think, successful course in…”

On the recordApril 12, 1976
I believe in the domestic field, we have a major obligation to keep the firm, steady and, I think, successful course in trying to get this Nation out of the worst economic recession in 40 years.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors

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