Gerald Ford actually said...

The operation was ordered and conducted pursuant to the President's Constitutional executive power and authority as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Armed Forces.

Context

Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Reporting on the Evacuation of the United States Mission...

04/13/1975

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