At the funeral the soldier gave the flag to the Vice President to present to Mrs. Ford. This is not common.
2007-01-04 12:59:14 · 9 answers · asked by jmcrisp01 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
ok i changed my answer becuase the question is confusing. Maybe they jazzed up the ceremony a bit and adding in the extra step there before they give the flag to mrs. ford.
2007-01-04 13:00:46 · answer #1 · answered by lady26 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dick Cheney was a close friend to the Ford family.He was also in then President Ford's cabinet.Cheney started as assistant to the President and climbed the ranks to Chief of Staff thru the remainder of Ford's presidency. http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/vpbio.html
2007-01-04 21:11:19 · answer #2 · answered by Stu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Ford was a President and the VP does that job when a President dies
2007-01-04 21:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because she wanted a flag and she being a protected vip doesn't know how to go about buying one, cheney being the rip off artist that he is, said, here I'll give you this one..
2007-01-04 22:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by xyz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it hard for 88 women to carry a flag how should know that the only thing I can think off.
2007-01-04 23:13:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was this a problem to you? Your question sounds like something CBS News would ask and try make something negative of it.
2007-01-04 21:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by Teesip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't presenting it to her. He was trying to steal it from her because he was out of toilet paper.
2007-01-04 21:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by The answer guy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why not?
2007-01-04 21:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
does it matter???
2007-01-04 21:01:29 · answer #9 · answered by glduke2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋