Cheney re Ford: "assumed the nation's highest office during the greatest constitutional crisis"

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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/12/bush_and_cheney.html#more

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"Thirty-two years ago, he assumed the nation's highest office during the greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War,'' Cheney said. "In that troubled era, America needed strength, wisdom, and good judgment, and those qualities came to us in the person of Gerald R. Ford. When he left office, he had restored public trust in the presidency, and the nation once again looked to the future with confidence and faith. I was proud to know President Ford, and to have served in the White House as his chief of staff.

"He was a dear friend and mentor to me until this very day,'' Cheney said. "I feel a great sense of loss at his passing, and Lynne and our daughters join me in offering heartfelt sympathy to Betty Ford and her entire family.''