Gerald Ford actually said...

I approve the concept, because I personally wanted my record known that I would not, under any circumstances, commit U.S. military personnel, U.S. troops, to Rhodesia or southern Africa.

Context

Exchange With Reporters on Arrival at Newark, New Jersey

06/05/1976

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