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Gerald Ford: “I pledge an open and honest Administration when I was sworn in, and I have tried to apply that honesty to all aspects of…”

On the recordOctober 6, 1974
I pledge an open and honest Administration when I was sworn in, and I have tried to apply that honesty to all aspects of my life.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator George D. Aiken in Burlington, Vermont.

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