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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (born December 2, 1924) was a general in the United States Army who commanded an infantry division in Vietnam, then returned stateside in 1969 to become a member of Henry Kissinger's national security council staff. Haig helped South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to negotiate the final cease-fire talks in 1972.

From 1973 until 1974, Haig served as Richard Nixon's White House Chief of Staff, during which he played a large "crisis management" role as the Watergate scandal unfolded.

From 1974 to 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings., Haig served as the Supreme Allied CommanderNATO military is divided into two commands, Atlantic and Europe. Each has a Supreme Allied Commander as highest ranking military officer. They are known as Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). In practi of NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO , sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance is an international organization for defense collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed.

He served as Ronald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan ( February 6, 1911 June 5, 2004) was the 40th ( 1981 1989) President of the United States and the 33rd ( 1967 1975) Governor of California. Reagan was also an actor in films before entering politics. Early life and career Reagan was b's Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. History George Washington signed a congressional bill into law on July 27, 178 until 1982. He received criticism in 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, after the assassination attempt on Reagan, for asserting before reporters that "I'm in control here" as a result of Reagan's hospitalization, although in fact he was not in charge under the rules of constitutional succession, as laid out by the Twenty-fifth AmendmentThe Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution was proposed by Congress on July 6, 1965 and ratified by the states on February 10, 1967. It concerns Presidential and Vice Presidential vacancies, and Presidential disabilities. Text of the Ame to the Constitution and by U.S. law.

A military hawkHawkishness or Hawkism is an informal term used to describe a political stance of preparedness for aggression, by diplomatic and ultimately military means, against others to improve the standing of their own government, country or organization. The term i, his tenure as Secretary of State was often characterized by his clashes with the more moderate Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger.

Haig ran for the Republican Party nomination for President in 1988.

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