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The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.
Alexander Haig
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Alexander Haig
Age: 85 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 2
Died: 2010
Died: February 20
Businessperson
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Alexander Meigs Haig
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Alexander Meigs Al Haig Jr.
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More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.
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The loss of candor is grievous, and in my opinion it may yet prove to be mortal, because if we cannot discuss our problems in plain speech that describes reality, it is unlikely that we will be able to solve them.
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Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.
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I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more about it.
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That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.
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