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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. [69]
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 ...
[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]
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.
Maj Gen Russell Driggers, Director, Plans, Policy, ... General Alexander M. Haig Jr. (1924–2010) 15 December 1974: 1 July 1979: 4 years, 198 days:
In another esteemed telepic that year, “The Final Days,” about the Nixon White House, the actor played Gen. Alexander Haig. In addition to his work for Woody Allen, he played a wealthy ...
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
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.