Classic English speech（经典的英语演讲）.docVIP

Classic English speech Gerald R. Ford Addreon Taking the Oath of the US Presidency delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, DC [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] [Oath of Office administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger] . Mr Chief Justice, my dear friends, my fellow Americans: The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President under the Constitution. But I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by Americans.