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Alexander Haig was married to Patricia (née Fox), with whom he had three children: Alexander Patrick Haig, Barbara Haig, and Brian Haig. [7] Haig's younger brother, Frank Haig , was a Jesuit priest and professor emeritus of physics at Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland.
[70] [71] In 1974, retired Army general Alexander Haig, White House chief of staff during the Watergate scandal, was appointed SACEUR specifically because a retired four-star general could be appointed to that office without the controversy of a confirmation hearing, unlike the office of Army chief of staff. [2]
Gen. Alexander Haig is presented the Distinguished Service Medal by President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office on 4 January 1973. The president withdrew the nomination of General Alexander Haig to be chief of staff of the Army in 1974, due to controversy regarding his role as the White House chief of staff at the peak of the Watergate scandal ...
Haig's father was former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig; his mother is Patricia (née Fox).He has a brother Alexander and a sister Barbara. [2]He has a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, a master's in public administration from Harvard, and a master's in government from Georgetown University.
According to General Creighton W. Abrams, the American commander in South Vietnam, the main impetus for the offensive came from Colonel Alexander M. Haig, an aide to National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Kissinger.
Haig with Major-General C. C. Monro (commanding 2nd Division), Brigadier-General John Gough (Haig's chief of staff), and Brigadier-General E. M. Perceval (commanding 2nd Division's artillery) in a street in France, 1914. Haig crossed over to Le Havre. [87] The BEF landed in France on 14 August and advanced into Belgium.
A Russian general dissolved a group charged with the protection of Kursk's borders early this year. Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin said Russia's military was strong enough, a security official said.
General Haig may refer to: . Alexander Haig (1924–2010), first U.S. Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan; Brodie Haig (1886–1957), British Indian Army general; Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War