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COMMENTARY: Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at the age of 100, was one of the most influential voices in the history of U.S. foreign policy.
Henry Kissinger was a legend in foreign policy. Whether you see that impact as positive or negative, for better or worse, depends on where you stand on the political spectrum. However, the dividing lines from that era were not as predictable as the polarized lines of left versus right we are witnessing today. To be sure, Kissinger was despised, even vilified, by much of the political left, but he was also a source of friction within the right, with many conservatives disliking him and his policies.
Before considering a few of those lines of separation, it must be said that Kissinger was one of the most influential voices in the history of American foreign policy, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century. In the 1970s, he served Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as both secretary of state and national security adviser, at one point holding both positions simultaneously for a time — an unprecedented situation.
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Henry Kissinger was a legend in foreign policy. Whether you see that impact as positive or negative, for better or worse, depends on where you stand on the political spectrum. However, the dividing lines from that era were not as predictable as the polarized lines of left versus right we are witnessing today. To be sure, Kissinger was despised, even vilified, by much of the political left, but he was also a source of friction within the right, with many conservatives disliking him and his policies.
Before considering a few of those lines of separation, it must be said that Kissinger was one of the most influential voices in the history of American foreign policy, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century. In the 1970s, he served Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as both secretary of state and national security adviser, at one point holding both positions simultaneously for a time — an unprecedented situation.
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COMMENTARY: Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at the age of 100, was one of the most influential voices in the history of U.S. foreign policy.
