Vice President Cheney was at Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday afternoon/evening to received President Ford's body being flown in from California. Gen. Peter Pace and all the Joint Chiefs of Staff were there also. Along with Cheney were Senator Dole, Henry Kissinger and Ford's half-brother... in addition to several Ford family members. SECDEF Rumsfeld was scheduled to be there but snowbound.
It would not have been appropriate for President Bush to attend the Congressional memorial service in the Rotunda Saturday night, so he did not do so.
As President of the Senate and a personal friend of President Ford, Cheney spoke a eulogy at the Saturday evening service, and a fine eulogy it was.
I didn't mean that the way it might have sounded. I really was just *wondering* what time all these various sightings were going to happen - I don't have cable and have only gotten to see a little bit of the ceremonies.
In this particular instance, I meant in regards to visiting with Betty Ford at Blair House.