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Former US top diplomat, presidential aide Haig dies
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Former US secretary of state Alexander Haig (L) participates in hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in 1999. Haig, a blunt-talking top aide to three presidents, has died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, a spokesman for the facility said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - – Former US secretary of state Alexander Haig, a blunt-talking top aide to three presidents, has died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, a hospital spokesman said Saturday. He was 85.
"He did pass away at approximately 1:30 am today," spokesman Gary Stephenson told AFP by telephone. The spokesman did not offer an official cause of death.
Haig served as secretary of state under president Ronald Reagan after being a top adviser to presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
He was the supreme allied commander of NATO forces in Europe from December 1974 to June 1979, and mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, losing to the eventual nominee and then president George Bush.
"Today we mourn the loss of Alexander Haig, a great American who served our country with distinction," President Barack Obama said in a statement.
"General Haig exemplified our finest warrior-diplomat tradition of those who dedicate their lives to public service," Obama said.
Haig "enjoyed a remarkable and decorated career, rising to become a four-star general and serving as supreme allied commander of Europe before also serving as secretary of state. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family," Obama added.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement that she was "deeply saddened" to learn of Haig's death.
"He served his country in many capacities for many years, earning honor on the battlefield, the confidence of presidents and prime ministers, and the thanks of a grateful nation," she said.
"On behalf of the men and women of the State Department, I extend my sincerest condolences to secretary Haig's family and friends," Clinton said.
The former top US diplomat had been admitted to the hospital January 28. Obituary: Reagan's secretary of state dies
In Brussels, NATO paid homage to its former supreme commander.
"Haig was obviously a very important figure in the United States," NATO's secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, quoted by his spokesman.
"But he was also a very successful NATO supreme allied commander at an important period in Alliance history."
Haig retired as a four-star general in 1979 after his time heading the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and president Ronald Reagan chose him as secretary of state two years later.
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