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Alexander Haig

Personal data
Date of birthDecember 2, 1924
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of deathFebruary 20, 2010(age 85)
Place of deathBaltimore, Maryland
Political partyRepublican
SpousePatricia
(nee Fox, 1950 � his death)
Alma materU.S. Military Academy (B.S.)
Columbia Business School (M.B.A.)
Georgetown University (M.A.)
ProfessionSoldier, Civil servant
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1947 � 1979
RankGeneral
Battles/warsKorean War
Vietnam War
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Combat Infantryman Badge
Purple Heart
Presidential Service Badge
59th United States Secretary of State
In officeJanuary 22, 1981 - July 5, 1982
PresidentRonald Reagan
DeputyWilliam P. Clark
Walter John Stoessel, Jr.
Succeeded byGeorge Shultz
Preceded byEdmund Muskie
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
In officeDecember 16, 1974 - July 1, 1979
Succeeded byGen. Bernard W. Rogers
Preceded byGen. Andrew Goodpaster
5th White House Chief of Staff
In office1973 - 1974
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Succeeded byDonald Rumsfeld
Preceded byH. R. Haldeman
Deputy National Security Advisor
In office1970 - 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Succeeded byBrent Scowcroft
Preceded byRobert Komer

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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (December 2, 1924 � February 20, 2010) was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the second-highest ranking officer in the Army, and as Supreme Allied Commander Europe commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe.

A veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam War, Haig was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, and the Purple Heart.

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005-050 June 13, 1971 White House Telephone President Richard Nixon and General Alexander Haig discuss the New York Times story, which first reprinted portions of the Pentagon Papers. Nixon finds out for the first time that the papers had been top-secret documents leaked from the Pentagon. The conversation cuts off mid-way in the original recording.
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In Memoriam 2010, Vol.4 (Slideshow) Dedicated to Actress Dixie Carter, General Alexander Haig, Singer Petr Muk, Singer Susan Reed, Actor Peter Graves, Actor Robert Culp, Footballer Norman Hand, Footballer Endurance Idahor, Singer Joelle van Noppen, Footballer Nick Rogers, Singer Jean Ferrat, Photographer Marty Lederhandler, Photographer Peter Gowland, Actress Helen Wagner, Director Joseph W. Sarno, Footballer Merlin Olsen, Basketballer Kevin Restani, Actress Caroline McWilliams, Actor Peter Haskell, Actor Santhosh Jogi, Prince and Race Driver Leo Löwenstein, Actress Petra Schürmann, Actor Götz Kauffmann, Icehockey Player Christoph Klotz, Radio Actress Shirley Bell Cole, Singer and Musician Bobbejaan Schoepen, TV Personality Art Linkletter, and Novelist Bree O'Mara. ------Music by Roberto Cacciapaglia with "Viaggio di Notte" & "Olimpica", and Sylvain Chauveau with "Situation Initiale"------
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The late Gen Haig was both a decorated soldier and a skilled player of palace politics. James Rosen interviewed him for his book on Watergate.
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Product Management Trends: Brian Lawley, Founder of the 280 Group, President of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association and author of the book Expert Product Management is interviewed by Alexander Haig on CNBC's World Business Review.
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THE NINTH ORPHAN is a conspiracy thriller novel written by James & Lance Morcan. Published in August 2011 by Sterling Gate Books, the controversial book merges fact with fiction and illuminates shadow organizations rumored to exist in the real world. THE NINTH ORPHAN is available as a Trade Paperback on Createspace and Amazon and in selected bookstores worldwide. It's also available as an ebook via Amazon. www.amazon.com www.createspace.com www.amazon.com www.amazon.co.uk THE NINTH ORPHAN / Sterling Gate Books / ISBN: 978-0473193133 Check out this controversial news article on The Ninth Orphan from independent news site Veracity Voice: veracityvoice.com President Obama, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Queen Sofía of Spain, Juan Carlos I, The Ninth Orphan, Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Prince Charles, Bill Gates, Microsoft, Chris Hughes, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Social Network, Google, Eric Schmidt, Ben Bernanke, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Colin Powell, Gerald Ford, Rupert Murdoch, Logan Act, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Stephen Harper, Timothy Geithner, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, King of Spain, George Bush, Prince Phillip, President Clinton, 2012 Election, Ron Paul, Hillary, Prince of Wales, Chelsea Clinton, Melinda Gates, US Federal Reserve, elite, shadow government, governor, Secretary of State, Treasury Secretary, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth, Royal
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Videoscenografia per l'esecuzione dal vivo del brano dei Pink Floyd tratto dall'album £The FInal Cut", pubblicato nel 1983. Sottotitolato in italiano con immagini che denunciano puntualmente, associate alle parole, la guerra ed il suo effetto sui giovani e sui "Potenti" (come Ronald Reagan, Alexander Haig, Menachem Begin, Margaret Thatcher, Ian Paisley, Leonid Brezhnev, Joseph McCarthy, Richard Nixon, V. Wikipedia), morte e funerali di Stato ufficiali.
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Center for Strategic Management discusses Performance Management Training with Alexander Haig on World Business Review.
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First broadcast on Jan. 31, 1982 during martial law in Poland. President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, US Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Helmut Schmidt and US Secretary of State Alexander Haig express their support for the solidarity movement. The full film features statements from 15 heads of state or government and 14 other government officials. Film zostaÅ wyÅwietlony po raz pierwszy 31 stycznia, 1982 roku, podczas stanu wojennego. Prezydent Ronald Reagan, Premier Wielkiej Brytanii Margaret Thatcher, Spiker Izby Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych Thomas P. O'Neill, Lider wiÄkszoÅci Senatu Stanów Zjednoczonych Howard Baker, kanclerz Republiki Federalnej Niemiec Helmut Schmidt oraz Sekretarz Stanu Aleksander Haig wyrażajÄ swoje poparcie dla ruchu SolidarnoÅci. PeÅnometrażowy film przedstawia wypowiedzi 15 przywódców rzÄdu i 14 innych urzÄdników paÅstwowych. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thirty years ago, the United States Information Agency (USIA) worked with private partners to produce a TV film, "Let Poland Be Poland" to show support for the Solidarity movement and the Polish people following the imposition of martial law. To mark the 30th Anniversary of martial law in Poland and the American response, the US Embassy in Warsaw is posting highlights from the film "Let Poland Be Poland <b>...</b>
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Former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig, an adviser to three presidents, has died at the age of 85. Haig was known for his anti-communism and for one controversial remark.
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Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., an aide to National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger who later became Nixon's Chief of Staff, controlled the vault where the tapes were kept. Here he is on Airforce One in conversation with a White House aide as intercepted in 1974 on shortwave radio by Israeli journalist Michael Gurdus.
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Oh, By The Way...We Lost the Cold War Sunday - Nolan Chart LLC Tweet this news
Nolan Chart LLC---Alexander Haig- said in an interview several years before his passing, "To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:51:30 GMT+00:00
Something to believe in at last: a fill-in guv with a sense of humor - TheNewsTribune.com Tweet this news
TheNewsTribune.com--But rather than go all -Alexander Haig- on us, Reed has a sense of humor about his clout, as a photo on his website shows. See Sam with stocking feet propped ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:02:49 GMT+00:00
Don't drop the baton: Create effective knowledge transfer - WisBar Tweet this news
WisBar--The Secretary of State, -Alexander Haig-, was issuing a status report. “Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President and the ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:53:49 GMT+00:00
Obama seeks to restore stars to John Lavelle, a fallen general from Cleveland - Plain Dealer (blog) Tweet this news
Plain Dealer (blog)---...- recently released tapes of conversations that Nixon had with then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and National Security Adviser -Alexander Haig-. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:16:49 GMT+00:00
Prefrosh Preview: A guide to the School of Foreign Service - The Georgetown Voice (blog) Tweet this news
The Georgetown Voice (blog)---...- former CIA Director George Tenet (Class of '76), and former Secretary of State -Alexander Haig- (Class of '61). This entry was posted on Wednesday, ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:15:40 GMT+00:00
Learning from BP's mistakes - Birmingham Business Journal Tweet this news
Birmingham Business Journal--Not since -Alexander Haig- said, “I'm in charge,” has such a little sentence had such a big blundering impact. Nonetheless, it's a good lesson for all of us ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:01:41 GMT+00:00
Raila's absence exposes ODM's weak underbelly - The Standard Tweet this news
The Standard--In the meantime, Mudavadi finds himself in the shoes of former US Secretary of State, -Alexander Haig-, who in 1981 famously declared himself "in charge" ... - Date : Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:17:35 GMT+00:00
The Myth of Ronald Reagan - Big Think Tweet this news
Big Think---...- Secretary of State -Alexander Haig- suggested that achieving this goal might require bombing Cuba, the suggestion 'scared the shit out of Ronald Reagan.'"--- - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:52:41 GMT+00:00
Edit Boards Jump On Kirk's "Hubris" - Progress Illinois (blog) Tweet this news
Progress Illinois (blog)--The veteran journalist compared Kirk's behavior to that of former Secretary of State -Alexander Haig-, whose "unbridled ego and opportunism" led him to ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:14:21 GMT+00:00
I'm in charge! - Canada Free Press Tweet this news
Canada Free Press--March 30, 1981, -Alexander Haig-, Secretary of State at the time declared, “I'm in control here” as the President was hospitalized. Misplaced at the time, ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:28:52 GMT+00:00

Military offices
Preceded by
Gen. Bruce Palmer, Jr.
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
January 1973 - May 1973
Succeeded by
Gen. Frederick C. Weyand
Preceded by
Gen. Andrew Goodpaster
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO)
1974—1979
Succeeded by
Gen. Bernard W. Rogers
Political offices
Preceded by
H. R. Haldeman
White House Chief of Staff
Served under: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford

1973-1974
Succeeded by
Donald Rumsfeld
Preceded by
Edmund S. Muskie
United States Secretary of State White House Chief of Staff
Served under: Ronald Reagan

1981-1982
Succeeded by
George P. Shultz

Leaders of the United States Army

Senior Officer /
Commanding General
Washington * Knox * Doughty * Harmar * St. Clair * Wayne * Wilkinson * Washington * Hamilton * Wilkinson * Dearborn * Brown
Macomb * Scott * McClellan * Halleck * Grant * Sherman * Sheridan * Schofield * Miles
Chiefs of StaffYoung * Chaffee * Bates * Bell * Wood * Wotherspoon * Scott * Bliss * March * Pershing * Hines * Summerall * MacArthur * Craig * Marshall * Eisenhower * Bradley * Collins * Ridgway * Taylor * Lemnitzer * Decker * Wheeler * Johnson * Westmoreland * Palmer * Abrams * Weyand * Rogers * Meyer * Wickham * Vuono * Sullivan * Reimer * Shinseki * Schoomaker * Casey
Vice Chiefs of StaffCollins * Haislip * Hull * Bolte * Palmer * Lemnitzer * Decker * Eddleman * Hamlett * Abrams * Haines * Palmer * Haig * Weyand * Kerwin * Kroesen * Vessey * Wickham * Thurman * Brown * RisCassi * Sullivan * Reimer * Peay * Tilelli * Griffith * Crouch * Shinseki * Keane * Casey * Cody * Chiarelli |

Commanders of United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commanders of Europe

Eisenhower* * Ridgway * Gruenther * Norstad * Lemnitzer * Goodpaster * Haig * Rogers * Galvin * Shalikashvili * Joulwan * Clark * Ralston * Jones * Craddock * Stavridis

White House Chiefs of Staff

John R. Steelman * Sherman Adams * Wilton Persons * W. Marvin Watson * H. R. Haldeman * Alexander Haig * Donald Rumsfeld * Dick Cheney * Hamilton Jordan * Jack Watson * James Baker * Donald Regan * Howard Baker * Kenneth Duberstein * John H. Sununu * Samuel K. Skinner * James Baker * Mack McLarty * Leon Panetta * Erskine Bowles * John Podesta * Andrew Card * Joshua Bolten * Rahm Emanuel

United States Secretaries of State

Secretary of Foreign Affairs
1781-1789
Livingston * Jay
Secretary of State
1789-Pres.
Jefferson * Randolph * Pickering * J Marshall * Madison * Smith * Monroe * Adams * Clay * Van Buren * Livingston * McLane * Forsyth * Webster * Upshur * Calhoun * Buchanan * Clayton * Webster * Everett * Marcy * Cass * Black * Seward * Washburne * Fish * Evarts * Blaine * Frelinghuysen * Bayard * Blaine * Foster * Gresham * Olney * Sherman * Day * Hay * Root * Bacon * Knox * Bryan * Lansing * Colby * Hughes * Kellogg * Stimson * Hull * Stettinius * Byrnes * G Marshall * Acheson * Dulles * Herter * Rusk * Rogers * Kissinger * Vance * Muskie * Haig * Shultz * Baker * Eagleburger * Christopher * Albright * Powell * Rice * Clinton

United States presidential election, 1988

Democratic Party1988 Democratic National Convention * Primaries
CandidatesBabbitt * Biden (campaign) * Dukakis * Gephardt * Gore (campaign) * Hart * Jackson * LaRouche * Schroeder * Simon
VP CandidateLloyd Bentsen
Republican Party1988 Republican National Convention * Primaries
CandidatesBush * Dole * du Pont * Fernandez * Haig * Kemp * Laxalt * Robertson * Rumsfeld * Stassen
VP CandidateDan Quayle
Libertarian PartyRon Paul (campaign) * /Andre Marrou
New Alliance PartyLenora Fulani
Populist PartyDavid Duke
Socialist Party USAWilla Kenoyer/Ron Ehrenreich

Reagan cabinet

Cabinet
Secretary of StateAlexander M. Haig, Jr. (1981 �1982) * George P. Shultz (1982 �1989)
Secretary of the TreasuryDonald T. Regan (1981 �1985) * James A. Baker, III (1985 �1988) * Nicholas F. Brady (1988 �1989)
Secretary of DefenseCaspar Weinberger (1981 �1987) * Frank C. Carlucci (1987 �1989)
Attorney GeneralWilliam French Smith (1981 �1985) * Edwin Meese III (1985 �1988) * Richard L. Thornburgh (1988 �1989)
Secretary of the InteriorJames G. Watt (1981 �1983) * William P. Clark, Jr. (1983 �1985) * Donald P. Hodel (1985 �1989)
Secretary of AgricultureJohn R. Block (1981 �1986) * Richard E. Lyng (1986 �1989)
Secretary of CommerceMalcolm Baldrige, Jr. (1981 �1987) * C. William Verity, Jr. (1987 �1989)
Secretary of LaborRaymond J. Donovan (1981 �1985) * William E. Brock (1985 �1987) * Ann Dore McLaughlin (1987 �1989)
Secretary of Health and Human ServicesRichard S. Schweiker (1981 �1983) * Margaret M. Heckler (1983 �1985) * Otis R. Bowen (1985 �1989)
Secretary of EducationT. H. Bell (1981 �1985) * William J. Bennett (1985 �1988) * Lauro F. Cavazos (1988 �1989)
Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSamuel R. Pierce, Jr. (1981 �1989)
Secretary of TransportationAndrew L. Lewis, Jr. (1981 �1983) * Elizabeth H. Dole (1983 �1987) * James H. Burnley IV (1988 �1989)
Secretary of EnergyJames B. Edwards (1981 �1983) * Donald P. Hodel (1983 �1985) * John S. Herrington (1985 �1989)
Cabinet-level
Vice PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (1981 �1989)
Director of Central IntelligenceWilliam J. Casey (1981 �1987) * William H. Webster (1987 �1989)
Ambassador to the United NationsJeane J. Kirkpatrick (1981 �1985) * Vernon A. Walters (1985 �1989)
Trade RepresentativeWilliam E. Brock, III (1981 �1985) * Clayton K. Yeutter (1985 �1989)

Walter Camp Distinguished American Award

1978 * James Crowley, 1979 * David "Sonny" Werblin, 1980 * George Halas, 1980 * Alexander Haig, 1981 * Harold "Red" Grange, 1982 * Eddie Robinson, 1983 * Tom Harmon, 1984 * LTG Bill Carpenter, 1985 * Bob Hope 1986 * Tom Landry, 1987 * Weeb Ewbank, 1988 * Sid Luckman/Y.A. Tittle, 1989 * Burt Reynolds, 1989 * Dick Kazmaier, 1990 * Tex Schramm, 1991 * Alexander Kroll, 1992 * Cami Cozza, 1993 * Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, 1994 * Paul Tagliabue, 1995 * Keith Jackson, 1996 * Dick Ebersol, 1997 * Steve Largent, 1998 * Steve Young 1999 * Bo Schembechler, 2000 * Gene Upshaw, 2001 * New York City Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Service Personnel 2002 * Regis Philbin, 2003 * Bill Walsh, 2004 * Pat Summerall, 2006 * Dick Vermeil, 2007 * Frank Broyles, 2008 * Len Dawson, 2009 * Robin Roberts



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