U.S. President Bill Clinton (rear row, 2nd L) poses with former Presidents George Bush (rear row L), Gerald Ford (rear row 2nd R) and Jimmy Carter (rear row R) and first ladies, past and present, Barbara Bush (front row L), Lady Bird Johnson (front row 2nd L), Hillary Rodham Clinton (front row C), Betty Ford (front row 2nd R) and Rosalynn Carter (front row R) in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington in this November 9, 2000 file photo. Clinton and the former presidents celebrated the 200th anniversary of the White House. Ford, who took office from an embattled Richard M. Nixon, has died, according to a statement from his widow on December 26, 2006. (Reuters)