Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was an American politician who served as the 59th United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and previously as White House chief of staff under Presidents
Official portrait, c. 1970s
Major General Haig being presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1973
General Alexander Haig at his White House offices while still wearing his U.S. Army uniform, upon assuming the White House Chief of Staff position on May 4, 1973.
Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Haig meeting on Ford's forthcoming appointment as vice president in 1973
Brent Scowcroft was a United States Air Force officer, and a two-time United States National Security Advisor, first under U.S. President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush. He served as Mil
Official portrait, 1973
Scowcroft as a United States Military Academy cadet c. 1947
Lieutenant Brent Scowcroft (seated second from left) with other members of the 82nd Squadron at Grenier Airfield in 1948
President Gerald Ford confers with Henry Kissinger and Scowcroft in October 1974.