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Gerald Ford: “My principal responsibility is to be President of the United States, and that takes a good bit of time.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 1976
My principal responsibility is to be President of the United States, and that takes a good bit of time.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Exchange With Reporters on Arrival at St. Petersburg, Florida.

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