In this Jan. 4, 1973 file photo, President Nixon, right, congratulates Gen. Alexander Haig after presenting him with the Distinguished Service Medal at the White House. Joining the ceremony, from left, Secretary of State William Rogers, Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger, and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died. The Haig family says he died Saturday Feb. 20, 2010 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications associated with an infection. He was 85.