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Haig continued in the role until 4 January 1973, [19] when he became vice chief of staff of the Army. Nixon planned to appoint Haig as chief of staff over Creighton Abrams, whom he personally disliked, but secretary of defense Melvin Laird resisted as Haig lacked the relevant upper-level command experience. [20]
Haldeman was born in Los Angeles on October 27, 1926, one of three children of socially prominent parents. His father, Harry Francis Haldeman, founded and ran a successful heating and air conditioning supply company, and gave time and financial support to local Republican causes, [2] including the Richard Nixon financial fund that led to the so-called "Fund Crisis" during the 1952 presidential ...
During the meeting Nixon voiced suspicion of Alexander Haig being involved [7] and discussed prosecuting Admiral Moorer. [1] Eventually Nixon decided to cover up the affair on the advice of Attorney General Mitchell, believing its revelation would hurt military morale and that ignoring it would cause the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be indebted to ...
Alexander Haig – (M.B.A. 1955) twice White House Chief of Staff (Cabinet rank) under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford Avril Haines – 7th Director of National Intelligence , research scholar and deputy director for the Columbia World Projects [ 2 ]
The authors also lay out a case that Nixon's Chief of Staff Alexander Haig was the identity of "Deep Throat", the nickname for an important and then-unidentified source for reporter Bob Woodward. Woodward, a Naval officer before becoming a reporter, had briefed Haig at the White House in 1969 and 1970 and the authors suggest that Haig was a ...
The former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announced Wednesday his intention to run against Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., calling the Democratic Party "paralyzed and ...
In the early 1970s, the Nixon administration promoted methadone maintenance to head off what was seen as a brewing public health crisis. Due to fears of methadone’s misuse, however, regulations limited its distribution to specialized clinics, and it became a niche treatment.
January 9 – President Nixon sends messages to Allied nations for the purpose of scheduling a February 11 meeting in Washington to address energy conflicts of an international scale. [8] White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig states President Nixon does not intend to devote any additional personal time to the Watergate scandal. [9]