Witness to history

A WITNESS TO HISTORY: <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" PEPLT002149" title="Gerald Rudolph Jr Ford" href="/topic/politics/gerald-rudolph-jr-ford-PEPLT002149.topic">President Ford</a> drapes his right arm around Robert K. Hartmann, seen in 1975 seated next to First Lady <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" PECLB001841" title="Betty Ford" href="/topic/politics/betty-ford-PECLB001841.topic">Betty Ford</a>, with Secretary of State <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" hpp1883" title="Henry Kissinger" href="/topic/politics/henry-kissinger-hpp1883.topic">Henry Kissinger</a> at right. Hartmann drafted Ford's first address to the nation after <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id=" PEPLT004855" title="Elizabeth Edwards" href="/topic/politics/elizabeth-edwards-PEPLT004855.topic">President Nixon</a> left office in which he proclaimed, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

( April 14, 2008 )

A WITNESS TO HISTORY: President Ford drapes his right arm around Robert K. Hartmann, seen in 1975 seated next to First Lady Betty Ford, with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at right. Hartmann drafted Ford's first address to the nation after President Nixon left office in which he proclaimed, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

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