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<p>FILE - In this March 21, 1978 file photo, Gen. Alexander Haig, speaks at a Pentagon news conference on in Washington. Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. He was 85.(AP Photo/Thumma, File)</p>

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Haig remembered as soldier-statesman
February 20, 2010 11 p.m.

Haig remembered as soldier-statesman

WASHINGTON - Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Haig died Saturday at age 85 having held high posts in three Republican administrations and some of the U.S. military's top jobs.