Ford, but also a parttime consultant to president kennedy and president johnson. More than any living person, i think you saw all the principal commanderinchief around vietnam up close. Can you talk about each of those men and what characterize their position on the war . First of all, let me say, what an honor it is for me to be here and to participate in a conference that is needed to heal wounds of the debates about vietnam. So i want to congratulate the library for organizing this and providing the opportunity. I would like to say also that its sort of symbolic that secretary kerry is coming here tomorrow night. He was Walking Around with placards outside the white house when i served there. [laughter] and the point i want to make is weve become good friends at the end of it and he came to my 90th Birthday Party and made a joke in which he said, he pointed out what his actions had been then and that it was a pity that we didnt have an opportunity to talk rather than confront each o
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