Haig
Americannoun
noun
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The 1988 presidential campaign of Alexander Haig, a former four-star general who served as Ronald Reagan’s first secretary of state, flamed out amid GOP infighting over the Iran–Contra affair.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Coach Jamie Joseph has kept faith with the core group that pushed the Chiefs to the brink with just one change to the starting pack -- Oliver Haig replacing Will Stodart.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Other men who served in the Sudan included John French, the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and Douglas Haig, who succeeded him from December 1915 until the armistice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
After Reagan was shot, it was Haig who stood in the press briefing room and declared he was in control.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
General Haig ordered his brave troops to battle on until the rubble of bricks that had once been the village of Passchendaele was finally captured by the Canadians on November 10, 1917.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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