Oct. 6, 1976:
President Gerald Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter hold their second debate, this one focusing on foreign policy.
Ford, on the defensive for much of the 90 minutes, makes an apparent blunder when he says, "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never be will under a Ford administration. ... I don't believe the Poles consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union."
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