Word: haig
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offended some French sensibilities. Complained Le Monde in an editorial: "It was a President under reprieve who stole the show from a dead President." Nonetheless, his aides pointed to the sessions as evidence that world leaders look on Nixon as vital in foreign affairs. Said Chief of Staff Alexander Haig: "A viable presidency is a cornerstone of world security...
...aides. Two weeks ago Ash flew to the Florida White House for a weekend discussion with Nixon about the future of economic policymaking machinery-and presumably his desire to play a larger role in it. Simon then closeted himself with White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig, who is apparently in Simon's corner...
...White House observers, is best described as formal and correct rather than personal. Nixon's trust in Kissinger, on diplomatic issues, is total. The Secretary recognizes that the quickest way to lose his negotiating flexibility would be to exceed the President's instruction. Sums up Presidential Aide Alexander Haig: "I think the President considers Henry a unique national institution...
Over the years St. Clair, now 53, has handled hundreds of civil and criminal cases with similar success and aplomb as a partner in the prestigious Boston firm of Hale and Dorr. Thus when White House Chief of Staff Alexander M. Haig began looking late last year for a trial lawyer to represent the President, he found that "Jim was high on everybody's list." On Dec. 31 St. Clair resigned the private practice that earned him about $300,000 a year in order to take the $42,500 federally paid job as Nixon's chief Watergate counsel...
When the call came from Haig offering the job of presidential lawyer, St. Clair had just checked his family into a resort at Tarpon Springs, Fla. He had to cut the golfing vacation short, and it may be his last holiday for many months. "I have no commitment and no contract," he says, "but as a practical matter, I'm employed for the duration...