Gerald Ford actually said...

I believe the answer to this question is unequivocally and categorically in the affirmative.

Funds appropriated to the President for carrying out the Act shall be deemed to be allocated to the Secretary of Defense without any further...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the Arms Export Control ...

We must also be aware that the events of the past year have left an agenda of unresolved problems.