Executive power to nominate General Officers

[Ken White]

Originally Posted by zenpundit

I believe that Alexander Haig not only rose quickly from Lt. Colonel to Major General while serving in the Nixon White House, he may also have been promoted directly to a 4-star rank and skipped over being a Lt. General entirely.

He did serve at West Point as a Colonel -- your key item, that he skipped LTG, is correct; I was not clear earlier. He was a BG for a very short time. Later got moved from MG directly to to GEN over 20 plus people and appointed Vice Chief, a job he held for only five or six months IIRC -- then back to the WH...

Annoyed the Army no end.

One of many reasons why Nixon is second only to Johnson as the worst President of the last 100 years or so...