For those who remembered Haig in the Nixon years...
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 died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, after he was admitted there on January 28, spokesman Gary Stephenson said.
"He served his country well. For that he should be remembered," said William Bennett, who was secretary of education during the Reagan administration. "He carried himself well. He carried himself with dignity and honor."
The White House issued a statement mourning Haig, saying he "exemplified our finest warrior-diplomat tradition of those who dedicate their lives to public service."
A top official in the administrations of three presidents -- Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan -- Haig served as Nixon's chief of staff during the Watergate political crisis, a scandal that dogged the administration in the 1970s.
"There was a time during the Watergate crisis when President Nixon was nearly incapacitated," said political analyst and CNN contributor David Gergen, who worked with Haig during the Nixon and Reagan administrations. "He had a hard time focusing, so obviously obsessed with the scandal and the gathering storms around him. I watched Al Haig keep the government moving. I thought it was a great act of statesmanship and service to the country."
Haig became secretary of state during the Reagan administration and drew controversy for his much-criticized remark on television after the president was shot and wounded by John Hinckley in March 1981.
"As of now, I am in control here in the White House," Haig said as Vice President George H.W. Bush was headed to Washington from Texas.
Haig said he wasn't bypassing the rules; he was just trying to manage the crisis until the vice president arrived. However, he was highly criticized for his behavior, and many observers believe it doomed his political ambitions.
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3 comments:
Sorry to hear that Anon
Now to the topic. Haig along with McNamara allowed thousands of soldiers to die based on lies. Yes McNamara asked for forgiveness but Haig didn't. Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are currect day pure evil people who will join Haig and the other Satan worshippers in hell. 2/3's of my senior class died in Vietnam during the draft. Unlike many current and pass Law Makers who dodged the draft. God will judge Haig and the rest of the pure evil humans.
TMI Anon!
On to the topic,
Despite Haig's military record, Haig will be forever remembered for being the Karl Rove in the Nixon Administration and his contraversial comment when Reagan was shot which is why Reagan got rid of him as Secretary of State.
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