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His advisors and cabinet certainly rose to elevated positions thereafter. His honorary pallbearers:
Ford's casket was met by honorary pallbearers, who included Vice President Richard Cheney, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and James Baker and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. All served in Ford's administration.
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