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Former Nixon aide, Alexander Haig dead at 85 (Reuters)

Reuters – Alexander Haig, a former Army general who became White House chief of staff during the Watergate scandal and secretary of state during the Reagan administration, died Saturday at the age of 85.

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Alexander Haig remembered as soldier-statesman (AP)

FILE - In this March 21, 1978 file photo, Gen. Alexander Haig, speaks at a Pentagon news conference on in Washington. Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. He was 85.(AP Photo/Thumma, File)AP – Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Haig died Saturday at age 85 having held high posts in three Republican administrations and some of the U.S. military’s top jobs.


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Alexander Haig dies, praised by President Obama (AP)

FILE - In this May 29, 2002 file photo, former U.S. Secretaries of State, from left, Madeleine Albright, Warren Christopher, Alexander Haig,  and Henry Kissinger take part in the dedication and naming ceremony of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Va. Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. He was 85. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)AP – 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 Saturday of complications from an infection, his family said. He was 85.


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Alexander Haig, former secretary of state, dies (AP)

AP – Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died.

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