Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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President Gerald R. Ford is interviewed on the U.S. Constitution by journalist Hugh Sidey.
In 1991, Hugh Sidey interviewed living presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan on the U.S. Constitution for the Commission of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.

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0:00 Intro
0:34 We the People
2:54 President Ford
7:45 The veto
14:49 The Iron Triangle
16:10 The Vietnam War
25:34 The War Powers Act
29:52 The Soviet Union
35:28 Nixon
38:47 Assassination attempts
48:10 Inherited Problems