FILE - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 10, 2017, in Washington. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Henry Kissinger
WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. Kissinger died at his Connecticut home.
Kissinger was a major player in the Nixon Administration —taking part in countless negotiations in an effort to end the Vietnam War—earning a Nobel Peace Prize in 1973—though it took another two years for the war to end in 1975—with the fall of Saigon. Kissinger was also credited with helping to establish relations with China. He exerted uncommon influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, earning both harsh criticism and the Nobel Peace Prize. The German-born diplomat got the U.S. out of Vietnam after bloody, costly years of delay and into China in a sudden burst of secret diplomacy. Decades later, his name still provoked impassioned debate over foreign policy actions long past. He stands among the 20th century’s commanding figures in U.S. foreign policy.
