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Jeff Wilson / Associated Press:
Former President Ford dies at 93 — LOS ANGELES - Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th president and the only one never elected to nationwide office, has died. He was 93. — "My family joins me in sharing the difficult news …
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Gerald R. Ford, 38th U.S. President, Dies — Former President Gerald R. Ford, who was thrust into the presidency in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal but who lost his own bid for election after pardoning President Richard M. Nixon, has died, according to a statement issued late last night by his wife, Betty Ford.
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Washington Post:
Former President Ford Dies at 93 — Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., who became the 38th president of the United States as a result of some of the most extraordinary events in American history and sought to restore the nation's confidence in the basic institutions of government, died Tuesday.
CNN:
Former President Ford dies at 93 … RANCHO MIRAGE, California (CNN) — Former President Gerald Ford, who became president in 1974 after the resignation of Richard Nixon, died Tuesday at age 93. — Ford, the oldest surviving former U.S. president, died peacefully at 6:45 p.m. PT (9:45 p.m. ET) …
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Robert L. Jackson / Los Angeles Times:
Former President Ford dies — Gerald R. Ford, who as the 38th president of the United States helped restore the nation's political stability after the trauma of the Watergate scandal, has died, his wife, Betty, announced Tuesday night. He was 93. "My family joins me in sharing …
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Former President Gerald Ford Dies — CBS News Interactive: About Gerald Ford — (CBS News) LOS ANGELES Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, has died. He was 93. — "My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father …
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Gerald Ford, RIP — ***update: Dec 27 756am Eastern Bush speaks...Ford "was a true gentleman who reflected the best in America's character...he commanded the respect and earned the good will of all who had the privilege of knowing him...for a nation that needed healing and an office that needed …
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Jeff Wilson / Associated Press:Former President Gerald Ford Dies at 93
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Steve Geimann / Bloomberg:Gerald R. Ford, 38th U.S. President, Dies at Age 93 (Update2)
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
TROOPS HALP JON CARRY IN IRAK — On his visit to Iraq, Senator Kerry apparently got something like the silent treatment from the troops who are "stuck" there. WDAY's Scott Hennen quotes a message from a friend serving in Iraq: … Scott comments:
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Scott Hennen / areavoices.com:
A picture tells a 1000 words..... A friend of mine serving in Iraq sent me this photo and note. I received it before Christmas, but was out of the office. Priceless story it tells.... Again I say..."GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!" — UPDATE: My blog-friend Scott Johnson at the famous Powerline Blog …
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — Today's Video on WSJ.com: James Taranto talks to Ed Crane about the outpouring of reader responses to Charles Rangel's disparaging comments about the military. — Responding to Rangel—IX — We were left with so many unpublished letters about the U.S. military …
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U.N. envoy calls for cease-fire in Somalia — Emergency meeting held after week of fighting between Ethiopia, Islamists — MOGADISHU, Somalia - The top U.N. envoy in Somalia urged the U.N. Security Council to call for an immediate cease-fire between Ethiopian forces backing Somalia's weak government …
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Biden wants Rice to testify on Iraq policy … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Joseph Biden, the incoming chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said he has invited Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify during three weeks of hearings in January about the Iraq war.
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John Edwards Kicks Off His Campaign Tour? — (12/26/06 — CHAPEL HILL) - John Edwards, the former North Carolina Senator, will likely make a White House run and the announcement is expected to come in just two days. — Also on abc11tv.com: — Edwards is scheduled to travel to New Orleans to make the announcement.
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Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Guantanamo needs courthouse, Pentagon says — GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — Although the Pentagon estimates that no more than 80 of the 400 or so terrorism detainees here will ever be tried, it is moving forward with plans for a $125-million legal complex. — Air Force Col. Morris Davis …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Bush's New Look on Iraq: Weary — Watching President Bush in recent weeks has become a grim kind of reality TV show. In almost every news conference, speech and photo opportunity, the topic is the same: what to do about the grinding war in Iraq. Bush has let the facade crack open …
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Virginia Wheeler / The Sun:
Chelsy: My Harry is off to Iraq — " width=540 height=320 border=0> — PRINCE Harry's lover Chelsy Davy is to travel the world after telling pals: "Haz is off to war." — Her remark is the strongest hint yet that the 22-year-old Royal WILL see action in Iraq.
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