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Alexander Haig served as an aide to which Secretary of Defense?

  • James Mattis

  • Robert McNamara

  • Donald Rumsfeld

  • Leon Panetta

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Alexander Haig was an aide to Robert McNamara, who was Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Haig served as McNamara's military assistant from 1963 to 1967, and was responsible for a variety of tasks, including advising McNamara on military policy and operations, and representing the Department of Defense to Congress and the White House.
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