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Kissinger

[ kis-uhn-jer ]

noun

  1. Henry Alfred, 1923–2023, U.S. statesman, born in Germany: U.S. secretary of state 1973–77; Nobel Peace Prize 1973.


Kissinger

/ ˈkɪsɪndʒə /

noun

  1. KissingerHenry (Alfred)1923MUSEDUCATION: academicPOLITICS: diplomatPOLITICS: statesman Henry ( Alfred ). born 1923, US academic and diplomat, born in Germany; assistant to President Nixon for national security affairs (1969–75); Secretary of State (1973–77): shared the Nobel peace prize 1973


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Vest briefly served as State Department media spokesman under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, then became Kissinger’s top adviser on political and military affairs.

Understandably, even Tea Leoni is a bit exasperated with all the questions about Clinton comparisons, shouting “Kissinger!”

As Henry Kissinger once put it, “Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.”

This is the Finland approach as suggested by both Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger.

Nixon gripes about how Kissinger defers to him in public, but in private conversations, “where it counts,” builds himself up.

He and Nixon gossip about Henry Kissinger, who Nixon calls “a swinger.”

Kissinger took the disease from the mosquito bites, and recovered.

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