Fords Presidency

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The Ford Presidency

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Fords Presidency

Domestic policy

when WIN didn't work, grew a $60 billion federal deficit to create jobs, and the Federal Reverse dropped interest rates to 8%

attempted to combat stagflation with WIN, -don't spend a lot and grow a vegetable garden

brought some attention to CIA misdoings

Pardoned Nixon to shift focus away from that -wanted to heal the countries wounds

Foreign Policy

Helsinki

Had his own SALT talks (SALT II)

wanted to end the "Vietnam Era" peacefully, or as gracefully as possible

Allowed many Vietnamese refugees into the US

came to more agreements with the Soviets

very limited US military involvement overseas

Pursued detente with the Soviet Union

Continued with Nixon's foreign policy