Rumsfeld remembers Ford as patriot
WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld remembered Gerald R. Ford as a patriot who led the United States through difficult days and helped restore confidence in its government."President Ford was a man of great decency and towering integrity," Rumsfeld said in a written statement released Dec. 27. President Ford died Dec. 26 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93. Mr. Rumsfeld served in President Ford's cabinet, as chief of staff from 1974 to 1975, then as the youngest U.S. defense secretary from 1975 to 1977.