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Alexander Meigs "Al" Haig Jr. (/heɪɡ/; December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010) was the United States secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan and the White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to these cabinet-level positions, he retired as a general from the United States Army, having been Supreme Allied Commander Europe after serving as the vice chief of staff of the Army.

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A durable, long-term U. S. -China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

China, Durable, Important, Long, Mutual Benefit, Strategic

Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria, they're all involved.

Thinking, Iran, Iraq, State, Classified

Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.

Affirmation, Capability, Dare, Levels, Life, Practice

I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue.

Carry, Political, Politics, Probably, Tissue, Tissues

In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.

Commitment, Probably, Storm, Troops

I am in control here, in the White House.

White, House, Pending, Control

Sooner or later something had to give. But President Bush, faced with the unprecedented affront of 9-11, could not wait to take action. So he had to do what we were capable of doing, and he did it brilliantly.

Capable, Give, Giving, President, Take, Waiting

Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.

Capitalize, Internet, Mail, Position, Seeking, Way

The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.

Eyebrows, Message, Military, Political, Sent, Warning

Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.

Let, Libertarian, Long, March, Pay, Want

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

East, Frustration, Looks, Middle East, Particular, Tribalism

I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school.

Grade, School, Warrior, Years

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

President, Vices, Alive, Unhappily, Removal

Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important.

Arms, Diplomacy, Important, Propaganda, Soviet

Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.

Israel, Soldier, Doe, Carrier, National, Security

You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev - beating down of Jack Kennedy in Vienna, that President Kennedy believed that we had to join the battle for the Third World, and the next crisis that developed in that regards was Vietnam.

Battle, Beating, Down, History, President, War

I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the - in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it.

Think, Thinking, War, Winston, World

I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more about it.

America, Generations, Thinking, Vietnam, Youth

As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.

War, America, Circles, Ideological, Example

There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area.

Power, Fire, Sides, Side, Demonstrate, Contingency

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