The Ford Presidency

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Discusses his association with President Ford in the role of the so-called "White House Intellectual-In-Residence." Addresses his association with Donald Rumsfeld and the circumstances of his appointment to this job, the logistics of the Nixon-Ford transition, and working on President Ford's speeches. He also discusses his role in organizing the President's meetings with members of academia and the specific seminars conducted, Ford's role in these seminars, their purpose and effects. He addresses the consequences of staff composition in the Ford's White House and the President's handling of staff differences, as well as the economic summit of 1974.