Character, a documentary that aired on National Geographic last year. After that the ambassador will come up and give remarks about why he felt the need to initiate this series. Thank you for being here and lets roll the clip. [applause] even as president ford was growing in assurance in popularity, he knew he could not truly heal the country until the situation with Richard Nixon was resolved. The former president had resigned, but would he be prosecuted for his actions . At fords first Major Press Conference a month into his presidency, journalists world grilled him if he would use his power to pardon nixon. Are you saying that it is an option you will still consider . Every day was a different issue. It was serious times. He needed to and wanted to attack those problems, but you cant attack those problems when you have a press conference and 90 of the questions are asked about watergate. So you are not ruling it out . President ford i am not ruling it out. It is an option, and a pro
[applause] so character and the presidency is quite a subject, isnt it . Here in grand rapids, we are lucky to enjoyed a fine example of moral courage in the presidency of gerald ford. We thought we would open tonights program with a brief clip of Gerald R Ford ford a a test of character, a documentary that aired on National Geographic last year. After that the investor will come up and differ much about why he felt the need to initiate this series. [applause] even as president ford was growing in assurance in popularity, he knew he could not truly heal the country until the situation with Richard Nixon was resolved. The former president had resigned, but would he be prosecuted for his actions . At fords first Major Press Conference a month into his presidency, journals asked him if he would use his power power to pardon nixon. Are you saying that it is an option you will still consider . Every day was a different issue. It was serious times. He needed to and wanted to attack those pro
Of moral courage in the presidency of gerald ford. We thought we would open tonights program with a brief clip of Gerald R Ford ford a a test of character, a documentary that aired on National Geographic last year. After that the investor will come up and differ much about why he felt the need to initiate this series. [applause] even as president ford was growing in assurance in popularity, he knew he could not truly heal the country until the situation with Richard Nixon was resolved. The former president had resigned, but would he be prosecuted for his actions . At fords first Major Press Conference a month into his presidency, journals asked him if he would use his power power to pardon nixon. Are you saying that it is an option you will still consider . Every day was a different issue. It was serious times. He needed to and wanted to attack those problems, but you cant attack those problems when you have a press conference and 90 of the questions are asked about watergate. I am not