Vice President Gerald Ford said the White House was willing to negotiate with the Senate Watergate committee on releasing some of the tapes and documents demanded by that panel in a Washington interview. (Charles Gorry / AP)
President and Mrs. Ford pause in their packing at the White House for a moment together. (Eddie Adams / AP)
Former President Gerald Ford upon receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, from President Clinton during an East Room ceremony at the White House 1999. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)