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Ford selected George H. W. Bush as [[United States Ambassador to China#List of chiefs of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing|Chief of the US Liaison Office]] to the People's Republic of China in 1974, and then [[Director of Central Intelligence|Director]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in late 1975.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/bush/|title=George Herbert Walker Bush Profile|work=CNN|access-date=December 31, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061028112345/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/bush/| archive-date = October 28, 2006}}</ref> | Ford selected George H. W. Bush as [[United States Ambassador to China#List of chiefs of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing|Chief of the US Liaison Office]] to the People's Republic of China in 1974, and then [[Director of Central Intelligence|Director]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in late 1975.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/bush/|title=George Herbert Walker Bush Profile|work=CNN|access-date=December 31, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061028112345/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/bush/| archive-date = October 28, 2006}}</ref> | ||
Ford's transition chairman and first Chief of Staff was former congressman and ambassador | Ford's transition chairman and first Chief of Staff was former congressman and ambassador Donald Rumsfeld. In 1975, Rumsfeld was named by Ford as the youngest-ever [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]. Ford chose a young [[Wyoming]] politician, [[Dick Cheney|Richard Cheney]], to replace Rumsfeld as his new Chief of Staff; Cheney became the [[campaign manager]] for Ford's [[1976 United States presidential election|1976 presidential campaign]].<ref>[http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm Richard B. Cheney] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990903223409/http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm |date=September 3, 1999 }}. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved December 31, 2006.</ref> | ||
===Midterm elections=== | ===Midterm elections=== | ||