Cease and, for on cspan now. During the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets. Cpan is your unfiltered view of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more, including buckeye broadband buckeye broadband supports cspan as a public service, along with these other television providers. Giving you a front roweat to democracy. Susan welcome back to cspan. It was before covid that we saw you. We have been working on a biography about gerald ford a long time. Richard a surprising portrait, in many ways. There are a lot of actual revelations in the book that i am sort of surprised. He was personally blackballed by hoover as a young man, light glowing recommendations because hoover found out that ford had been involved with America First. At yale. He spent more time at yale then heated at the university of michigan. He knew about the legal problems six months before he ever acknowledged it. The interesting thing is that means the white house n
Susan welcome back to cspan. It was before covid that we saw you. We have been working on a biography about gerald ford a long time. Richard a surprising portrait, in many ways. There are a lot of actual revelations in the book that i am sort of surprised. He was personally blackballed by hoover as a young man, light glowing recommendations because hoover found out that ford had been involved with America First. At yale. He spent more time at yale then heated at the university of michigan. He knew about the legal problems six months before he ever acknowledged it. The interesting thing is that means the white house new earlier, too. Ford was a much more ambitious figure than the persona. He wanted to be Richard Nixons running mate in 1960. He discovered a process just before he left the presidency. He was approached by bill, secretary of the treasury, about john mitchell. The Campaign Manager who went to jail for his part in the watergate affair. Ford turned him down. I dont think it w
Susan welcome back to cspan. It was before covid that we saw you. We have been working on a biography about gerald ford a long time. Richard a surprising portrait, in many ways. There are a lot of actual revelations in the book that i am sort of surprised. He was personally blackballed by hoover as a young man, light glowing recommendations because hoover found out that ford had been involved with America First. At yale. He spent more time at yale then heated at the university of michigan. He knew about the legal problems six months before he ever acknowledged it. The interesting thing is that means the white house new earlier, too. Ford was a much more ambitious figure than the persona. He wanted to be Richard Nixons running mate in 1960. He discovered a process just before he left the presidency. He was approached by bill, secretary of the treasury, about john mitchell. The Campaign Manager who went to jail for his part in the watergate affair. Ford turned him down. I dont think it w
Susan welcome back to cspan. It was before covid that we saw you. We have been working on a biography about gerald ford a long time. Richard a surprising portrait, in many ways. There are a lot of actual revelations in the book that i am sort of surprised. He was personally blackballed by hoover as a young man, light glowing recommendations because hoover found out that ford had been involved with America First. At yale. He spent more time at yale then heated at the university of michigan. He knew about the legal problems six months before he ever acknowledged it. The interesting thing is that means the white house new earlier, too. Ford was a much more ambitious figure than the persona. He wanted to be Richard Nixons running mate in 1960. He discovered a process just before he left the presidency. He was approached by bill, secretary of the treasury, about john mitchell. The Campaign Manager who went to jail for his part in the watergate affair. Ford turned him down. I dont think it w
To the pardon. This was at the gerald r. Ford president ial museum. This event is one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] thank you, hank. Along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. Ford president ial museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our cspan audience to this event. My passion for this flowed from my understanding of archibald who became a National Hero who stood up to Richard Nixon i demanding secret white house tapes that would prove or nixons guilt in the watergate coverup. President rviewing ford in 1995, i was struck by his passion in explaining the reasons for his pardon. I think there are more compelling reasons even now to step back and look at the historical evidence and the perspective that comes with time. Program, weays have a special filmed piece by tom brokaw who covered the events of the pardon. Mr. Brokaw could not be here today, but he filmed this especially for todays historic gathering. Pardoni remember of the was many things. Backs a su