Alexander Haig, former secretary of state, dies at age 85

02/24/10 In this March 21, 1978, file photo, Gen. Alexander Haig, speaks at a Pentagon news conference in Washington. Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. He was 85. (Associated Press)

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General Alexander Haig: White House chief of staff who held the US government together during the Watergate crisis

02/22/10 Alexander Haig was never elected to any office. His one run for the US presidency ended before anyone really noticed. Yet few people were closer, and for longer, to the epicentre of American power. Haig was a prime specimen of that uniquely Washington creature, the political soldier, whose career was a shuttle between the military and the government.

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Local Man Remembers Alex Haig as Fellow West Point Cadet

02/24/10 Alexander Haig was a four-star Army general who served as a senior adviser to 3 presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own.

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