Haig worked under Presidents Nixon , Ford , Reagan . He was a member of the National Security Council staff for President Ronald Reagan and then Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration. He resented the White House staff trying to manage him , '' Gergen said . As secretary of state , Haig wrongly declared `` I am in control here '' after Reagan was shot . He unsuccessfully sought the 1988 Republican presidential nomination .
Haig worked under Presidents Nixon , Ford , Reagan . He was a member of the National Security Council staff for President Ronald Reagan and then Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration. As secretary of state , Haig wrongly declared `` I am in control here '' after Reagan was shot . He unsuccessfully sought the 1988 Republican presidential nomination .