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 CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush's first public event of the new year is a solemn one. Shortly after returning to Washington from their Texas ranch, the president and first lady Laura Bush will pay their respects Monday to former President Gerald R. Ford, who is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
Bush is to offer a eulogy for Ford on Tuesday at a funeral for the nation's 38th president at the National Cathedral.
Ford's death came during the same week in which former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was hanged in Iraq and the U.S. death toll in Iraq topped 3,000.
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