Henry Kissinger: Shy refugee became one of world's most powerful men

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53% : But as his defenders observed, it was very telling that his critics just happened to target the only Secretary of State with Jewish roots and a Central European accent.
45% : But he soon grew to eclipse the Secretary of State, William Rogers.
43% : But at other times you have to pet Henry and treat him as a child.'Genius, spoiled child, world statesman, alleged war criminal - such were the labels pinned to Henry Kissinger, who served as US National Security Adviser from 1969 to 1975 and Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977, and who died yesterday aged 100.Henry Kissinger and British and American actress Elizabeth Taylor cozy up at an eventKissinger smiles at American actress and model Raquel Welch in New York in 1970The former Secretary of State even enjoyed dates with James Bond starlet Jill St JohnAt his peak, presiding over détente with the Soviet Union and a historic rapprochement between the US and China, Kissinger was probably the most influential man on earth.
43% : It's certainly true that during Kissinger's time in office, pro-US regimes were sometimes guilty of appalling atrocities, notably General Pinochet's regime in Chile, the junta in Argentina and the dictatorship in Indonesia, to which he turned an obligingly blind eyeOn the other hand, similar things could be said of many other US Secretaries of State, too.
41% : At all costs, Nixon said, Ford must keep Henry Kissinger as his Secretary of State.

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