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In what year did Haig become the youngest four-star general in U.S. Army history?

  • 1970

  • 1973

  • 1975

  • 1978

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In 1973, Alexander Haig became the youngest four-star general in U.S. Army history at the age of 44. He was appointed by President Richard Nixon and served as the Army Chief of Staff from 1973 to 1974. He later served as the National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan.
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