Henry Kissinger dead at 100: Nixon secretary of state and giant of US diplomacy dies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Kissinger served as secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977.
53% : Many regard Kissinger as one of the U.S.'s most effective secretaries of state.
52% : Kissinger was appointed national security adviser and later secretary of state by former President Richard Nixon and remained as secretary of state under former President Gerald Ford.
50% : FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, shakes hands with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat at Tahira Palace in Cairo, Egypt during their meeting on the Mideast crisis, Nov. 7, 1973.
49% : The former secretary of state made his last international trip to Beijing in July, greeting Chinese President Xi Jinping as an "old friend."
48% : Former Secretary of State Henry 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, his consulting firm said.
46% : He was 100.Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, one of the most influential statesmen of the 20th century, has died at age 100.

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