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General Haig resigns from MGM Mirage board of directors
By eTN Staff Writer | Oct 13, 2009
Posted on 02/19/2010 1:15:31 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
BALTIMORE (AP) — Former secretary of state and presidential adviser Alexander Haig is in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Hospital spokesman Gary Stephenson said Friday that the 85-year-old was admitted Jan. 28 and remains in critical condition. Stephenson says he cannot say why Haig is hospitalized.
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Rumor has it that the ghost of RR rushed into the ER, claiming to be in charge...
Totally unrelated I’m sure, but Haig is a graduate of Lower Merion High School.
Prayers offered for him and his family.
claiming to be in charge...
Beat me to it!
Prayers for the General.
Wondering how many posts it would take for someone to say that :-)...figured it would be top 10...
Wondering how many posts it would take for someone to say that :-)...figured it would be top 10...
Stephenson says he cannot say why Haig is hospitalized.
uhhhh...I guess these cretins who take dictation for the AP have never heard of HIPAA?
Stephenson says he cannot say why Haig is hospitalized.
uhhhh...I guess these cretins who take dictation for the AP have never heard of HIPAA?
My first thought, and I don’t remember much of anything about Haig... just the being in charge event!!
Got to say that I was always jealous of his codename; Claw Hammer.
Prayers and best wishes for the General.
My first thought, and I don’t remember much of anything about Haig... just the being in charge event!!
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General Haig resigns from MGM Mirage board of directors
By eTN Staff Writer | Oct 13, 2009
Got to admit that I was always jealous of the Generals call sign: Claw Hammer
Prayers and best wishes for the General and his family.
I worked for the general during the 1988 Iowa caucus. Great guy and a very nice, lovely wife.
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Reagan assassination attempt
In 1981, after the March 30 assassination attempt on Reagan, Haig asserted before reporters "I am in control here" as a result of Reagan's hospitalization.
Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President and the Secretary of State in that order, and should the President decide he wants to transfer the helm to the Vice President, he will do so. He has not done that. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.
It was assumed by many who heard this that Secretary Haig had an antiquated familiarity with the order of succession to the presidency. Rather than being seen as an attempt to allay the nation's fear, the quotation became seen as a laughable attempt by Haig to exceed his authority.[14]
Haig would have been incorrect if this were an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution concerning both the presidential line of succession and the 25th Amendment, which dictates what happens when a president is incapacitated. The holders of the two offices between the Vice President and the Secretary of State, the Speaker of the House (at the time, Tip O'Neill) and the President pro tempore of the Senate (at the time, J. Strom Thurmond), would be required under U.S. law (3 U.S.C. § 19) to resign their positions in order for either of them to become acting President. This was an unlikely event considering that Vice-President Bush was merely not immediately available. Haig's statement reflected political reality, if not necessarily legal reality. Haig later said,
I wasn't talking about transition. I was talking about the executive branch, who is running the government. That was the question asked. It was not, "Who is in line should the President die?"—Alexander Haig, Alexander Haig interview with 60 Minutes II April 23, 2001
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