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Betty Ford remembered at bipartisan memorial

PALM DESERT, Calif. — First ladies, past and present, and others who called the White House home remembered Betty Ford on Tuesday, not just for her decades-long work against substance abuse but for contributing to a political era when friendship among lawmakers helped them govern.

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The casket bearing the body of former first lady Betty Ford is carried by members of the armed forces into St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, in Palm Desert, Calif.

First lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Rodham Clinton,...

 

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