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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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WASHINGTON | Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:24am EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alexander Haig, who died Saturday at age 85, was a U.S. Army General who served in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan and ran for president himself in 1988.

Here are key positions Haig held during his career.

* Named assistant to Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in 1962

* Appointed National Security Council deputy to Henry Kissinger in 1969

* Army vice chief of staff for four months in 1973

* White House chief of staff to Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, 1973-1974

* NATO commander, 1974-1979

* President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state for 18 months in 1981 and 1982; replaced by George Shultz

* Ran for president in 1988 but dropped out of the race for Republican nomination when he was running last in the polls

(Editing by Todd Eastham)
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