Gerald Ford actually said...

For the first time in many years, no American is engaged in combat anywhere in defense of our freedom.

Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

07/28/1976

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Our two countries have differences which neither side attempts to hide, but we also share many important interests.

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This is a measure of the importance that we attach to the growing relationship with the People's Republic of China.

Today, we recognize this in two symbolic gestures.