of foreign wars, let us restore the golden rule to our political process, and let brotherly love purge our hearts of suspicion and of hate. leland: that was president ford in his first presidential address back in august of 1974. as you ll recall, president ford wasn t elected. he took over after president nixon s resignation and before he died, president ford learned he would have a ship, this ship named after him, a tribute particularly meaningful to the former navy man, something his daughter talked about today. he s the 10th president of the united states to have a carrier named after him. with that, let s bring in an expert on presidential history, the author of raising of a president , a man who also now president ford well, and hosted him for dinner a couple of times. interviewed him in addition. doug, appreciate you being here