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2007年VOA标准英语-Funeral Services Held in Washington for 38th US

By Bill Rodgers Washington 02 January 2007 watch Memorial report Final respects were paid in Washington today for former President Gerald Ford, who died last Tuesday at the age of 93. Ford's body was moved from the Capitol, where he had been lying i

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