Alexander Haig

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Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (; 2 December 1924 – 20 February 2010) was an American politician, diplomat, and military officer who served as the 59th United States secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan and previously as the 5th White House chief of staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, as well as United States Deputy National Security Advisor under President Nixon. A member of the Republican Party, he was a general in the U.S. Army prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army's history. Haig was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and served in the Korean War, during which he served as an aide to Lt. General Alonzo Patrick Fox and Lt. General Edward Almond. Afterward, he served as an aide to defense secretary Robert McNamara. During the Vietnam War,...

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