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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.
In an attempt to keep everyone calm, Al Haig, Reagan’s Secretary of State, committed a PR faux pas — and showed a glaring lapse in basic knowledge of the Constitution — by telling the press that he was in control while the President was in surgery.
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.
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 20, 2010 · Alexander Haig obituary. US secretary of state who failed to avert the Falklands war, and the chief of staff who sustained Richard Nixon's presidency. Harold Jackson.
Feb 20, 2010 · Former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and ran for the office himself, has died. He was 85.
General Alexander Meigs Haig was born December 2, 1924, and graduated from West Point in 1947. He then served in the Korean War (1950-1951) and was military assistant to the secretary of the Army (1964).
Feb 20, 2010 · Alexander Haig was US President Richard Nixon's chief of staff. As head of the White House staff in the final months of President Nixon's administration, he was credited with saving...
Feb 20, 2010 · WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, died today of...
