1. Scranton and Whitehead, letter to Rumsfeld, August 9, 1974; Rumsfeld, "Memorandum - Rumsfeld Personal File," August 1974; Jerry terHorst, news conference at the White House, August 10, 1974 (Press Briefing, 8/10/74, Box 1, Ron Nessen Files, Gerald R. Ford Library).

2. Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal:The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 126.

3. Rumsfeld, "Meeting in the Cabinet Room," August 9, 1974.

4. Marjorie Hunter, "Kissinger Will Remain Secretary of State; Ford Likely to Keep Other Aides Also," New York Times, August 9, 1974.

5. Rumsfeld, "Meeting in the Cabinet Room," August 9, 1974.

6. Rumsfeld, [No Subject], October 2, 1974.

7. Philip Shabecoff, "Ford Bids Cabinet and Agency Heads Remain in Posts," New York Times, August 11, 1974; Rumsfeld to Ford, "A Vice President," August 13, 1974.

8. "The Veepstakes," Newsweek, August 26, 1974.

9. John Herbers, "Optimism Voiced," New York Times, August 21, 1974.

10. "The Veepstakes," Newsweek, August 26, 1974.

11. Rumsfeld, "Memorandum of Meeting with the President, Oval Office," August 15, 1974.

12. Rumsfeld, "Meeting with the President," August 20, 1974, 10:00 a.m.

13. John Herbers, "Optimism Voiced," New York Times, August 21, 1974.

14. Rumsfeld, "Meeting with the President," August 20, 1974, [time unknown].

15. John Herbers, "Optimism Voiced," New York Times, August 21, 1974.

16. Christopher Lydon, "G.O.P. Still Faces the Realities of Decay and Minority Status," New York Times, September 1, 1974.

17. John Herbers, "Optimism Voiced," New York Times, August 21, 1974.

18. Rumsfeld, "Cabinet Meeting: Ford Administration," August 10, 1974.

19. Transition Team memo, "Personnel," hand-delivered by Rumsfeld to Ford on August 20, 1974; Lady Bird Johnson, A White House Diary (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970), pp. 733-34.

20. "'The Sun is Shining Again,'" Newsweek, August 26, 1974.

21. Rumsfeld, "Cabinet Meeting: Ford Administration," August 10, 1974.

22. Gerald R. Ford, "Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon," September 8, 1974.

23. Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), pp. 196-99.

24. Adam Clymer, "Ford Wins Kennedy Award for 'Courage' of Nixon Pardon," New York Times, May 22, 2001; Bill Boyarsky, "Kennedy Says He Doubts Public Will Stand for Pardon," Los Angeles Times, September 14, 1974.

25. Donald Rumsfeld, letter to George Rumsfeld, October 15, 1954.

26. Rumsfeld, "Memorandum of Telephone Conversation from the President," September 19, 1974.

27. Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), p. 186.

28. Rumsfeld, "Memorandum of Conversation with President," September 22, 1974.