Gerald Ford actually said...

It is a significant step in carrying out our obligations under the United Nations Trusteeship Agreement.

Statement on Signing Legislation Approving the Covenant Establishing Commonwealth Status for the Northern Mariana Islands

03/23/1976

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The budget that I sent up in January for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines was $112.7 billion.

The United States will have nothing to do with Castro's Cuba--period.

I honestly believe that the American people today have a restoration of faith in the system and in the people.

Our country owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the veterans who have fought for freedom and liberty for 215 million Americans.