World Business Review
1996
Search results
Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (/ h eɪ ɡ /; December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010) was United States secretary of state under president Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Alexander Haig’s Fall from Grace. A Moment in U.S. Diplomatic History. A highly decorated military leader and influential political figure, Alexander Haig’s career, which included such roles as Supreme Allied Commander to Europe (SACEUR) and Chief of Staff to Presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, culminated with his appointment as ...
Feb 20, 2010 · Alexander Haig, who managed the Nixon administration during the Watergate crisis and served a controversial stint as secretary of state under President Reagan, died on Saturday. He was 85.
Haig was at the White House Situation Room, along with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and National Security Advisor Richard Allen, neither of whom grasped the gravity of the situation with regard to Soviet intentions, and both of whom would attack Haig’s actions later.
Feb 20, 2010 · An obituary on Sunday about Alexander M. Haig, the former secretary of state and White House chief of staff, referred incorrectly to the 241 victims of a bombing at a Marine barracks in Beirut...
Feb 20, 2010 · Alexander Haig, a retired four-star general who served as White House chief of staff under Richard Nixon and secretary of state under Ronald Reagan, died early Saturday morning. He was 85.
- history.state.gov
- › Department History
- › People
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was appointed Secretary of State by President Ronald Reagan and assumed the office on January 22, 1981. He served a relatively short time in office, facing many challenging situations before stepping down on July 5, 1982.
Feb 21, 2010 · He was 85. Haig is probably best remembered by many Americans as the man who asserted his authority in the White House after Reagan was shot outside a Washington hotel in 1981 -- despite the fact...
Feb 20, 2010 · Alexander Haig dies; former chief of staff to Nixon. Alexander Haig, the four-star general who served as a confrontational secretary of state under President Reagan and a commanding White...
Feb 20, 2010 · Gen. Alexander Haig who served as President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state as well as a national security adviser and White House chief of staff to President Richard Nixon, died Saturday at ...
