Ex-Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig dead at 85
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Alexander Haig, a former Army general who became White House chief of staff during the Watergate scandal and was secretary of state during the Reagan administration, died on Saturday at the age of 85.
Haig sought the US presidency, but his bid for the Republican nomination ended in failure in 1988, a campaign noted for his acerbic taunting of other candidates including Vice President George Bush, the eventual nominee. A spokesman for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore said Haig died early on Saturday. He had no further details. (Reuters)
