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| US leaders to attend Ford funeral | US leaders to attend Ford funeral |
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| US leaders past and present are set to attend the funeral of the country's 38th President, Gerald Ford, who died last week at the age of 93. | US leaders past and present are set to attend the funeral of the country's 38th President, Gerald Ford, who died last week at the age of 93. |
| President George W Bush will deliver a speech at the ceremony at Washington DC's National Cathedral. | President George W Bush will deliver a speech at the ceremony at Washington DC's National Cathedral. |
| Mr Ford became president after Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal, and served from 1974 to 1977. | |
| He will be buried near his presidential library in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday. | He will be buried near his presidential library in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday. |
| Former presidents Bill Clinton, George H W Bush and Jimmy Carter, who defeated Mr Ford in the 1976 presidential election, will also attend the funeral service. | Former presidents Bill Clinton, George H W Bush and Jimmy Carter, who defeated Mr Ford in the 1976 presidential election, will also attend the funeral service. |
| Mr Ford died on 26 December in California. His body has been lying in state in Washington's Capitol building since Saturday. | Mr Ford died on 26 December in California. His body has been lying in state in Washington's Capitol building since Saturday. |
| On Monday, Mr Bush and his wife Laura were among thousands of people who paid their respects to his flag-draped coffin. | On Monday, Mr Bush and his wife Laura were among thousands of people who paid their respects to his flag-draped coffin. |
| Mr Ford's wife, Betty, was also present, as were the couple's children, who spent time talking to mourners as they filed past the casket. | Mr Ford's wife, Betty, was also present, as were the couple's children, who spent time talking to mourners as they filed past the casket. |
| 'Integrity' | 'Integrity' |
| One of Monday's visitors to the Capitol, 56-year-old John Erb from Alexandria, Virginia, said he had been in the Army during Mr Ford's administration. | One of Monday's visitors to the Capitol, 56-year-old John Erb from Alexandria, Virginia, said he had been in the Army during Mr Ford's administration. |
| I think what he brought back to the White House was integrity, trust Jack Oslund, mourner Gerald Ford: Obituary Life in pictures In quotes: Reaction to death | I think what he brought back to the White House was integrity, trust Jack Oslund, mourner Gerald Ford: Obituary Life in pictures In quotes: Reaction to death |
| He said he had come to pay his respects because "it's part of the old commander in chief thing". | He said he had come to pay his respects because "it's part of the old commander in chief thing". |
| Bob Dole, Mr Ford's vice-presidential running mate in the 1976 election, was also among those who attended. | Bob Dole, Mr Ford's vice-presidential running mate in the 1976 election, was also among those who attended. |
| Mr Ford took office as public trust in the White House plummeted in the wake of the Watergate scandal and as the US eyed defeat in Vietnam. | Mr Ford took office as public trust in the White House plummeted in the wake of the Watergate scandal and as the US eyed defeat in Vietnam. |
| Many mourners at the Capitol remembered his most difficult decision - pardoning Mr Nixon of any crimes committed during his presidency, a decision analysts say probably cost him the 1976 election. | Many mourners at the Capitol remembered his most difficult decision - pardoning Mr Nixon of any crimes committed during his presidency, a decision analysts say probably cost him the 1976 election. |
| John Banks from Georgia told the Associated Press: "I thought when he pardoned Nixon he stood up and did what the country needed, not what would further his political career." | John Banks from Georgia told the Associated Press: "I thought when he pardoned Nixon he stood up and did what the country needed, not what would further his political career." |
| Another mourner, Jack Oslund of Virginia, said: "I think what he brought back to the White House was integrity, trust." | Another mourner, Jack Oslund of Virginia, said: "I think what he brought back to the White House was integrity, trust." |
| In an interview with the Washington Post, conducted shortly before his death and published on Sunday, Mr Ford expressed regret over the Vietnam War. | In an interview with the Washington Post, conducted shortly before his death and published on Sunday, Mr Ford expressed regret over the Vietnam War. |
| "I hope we never live through another era like that in American history. The answers were very evasive. The results were very disillusioning," he said. | "I hope we never live through another era like that in American history. The answers were very evasive. The results were very disillusioning," he said. |