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| Henry Kissinger dies at age 100 | Henry Kissinger dies at age 100 |
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| The former US secretary of state passed away on Wednesday | |
| Former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger passed away at age 100 on Wednesday. | Former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger passed away at age 100 on Wednesday. |
| The renowned diplomat and influential foreign policy thinker died at his home in Connecticut, his consulting firm, Kissinger Associates, said in a statement. | |
| After quitting the military, Kissinger earned a PhD degree at Harvard University and taught international relations before becoming President Richard Nixon’s top national security adviser in 1969. | |
| He eventually served as secretary of state under Nixon and his successor, President Gerald Ford. | |
| A skilled negotiator committed to realism, Kissinger was instrumental in improving US relations with the Soviet Union in the 1970s and paved a way for the normalization of Washington's ties with China. | |
| With Kissinger's stewardship, the Nixon administration's easing of travel and trade restrictions against Beijing was instrumental in kick-starting China's rise to prominence as an industrial economy. | |
| In 1973, Kissinger shared the Nobel Peace Prize with diplomat Le Duc Tho for negotiating the Paris Peace Accords, which facilitated the withdrawal of US forces from Vietnam. | |
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