Word: haldemans
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...President raised his voice in anger: "I'm not going to indulge in a conversation with you or anybody else condemning men who have given very great service to this country." Nixon recalled how painful it had been for him to ask for the resignations of H.R. Haldeman, the White House chief of staff, and John Ehrlichman, the President's top domestic adviser. "I cut off one arm," said Nixon, "then the other arm, and [that] was about as rugged a period as anybody could be through...
...combat it has been, with scarcely a letup since he took over a year ago from the compromised H.R. Haldeman. "During this time of repeated shelling of the White House, Al has never lost his composure," says Leonard Garment, assistant to the President. "He has dealt with the problems of the wounded with both compassion and detachment." In contrast to the closed-door policy of Haldeman, Haig has made the White House more accessible and a more pleasant place in which to work; there is at least a modicum of grace under ferocious pressure. "It's fun to deal...
...Hanoi in the last phases of the Viet Nam War. Noticing how Haig could take the flak without blinking, Nixon sent him on half a dozen diplomatic missions to Saigon. He also promoted him over 240 senior generals to the post of Army Vice Chief of Staff. When Haldeman and John Ehrlichman were forced to resign, it was not surprising that Nixon turned to Haig to give him the loyalty, efficiency and privacy he so desperately craved...