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==Retirement==
==Retirement==
Out of office Kissinger became a highly visible corporate consultant on world affairs, and wrote his detailed and insightful memoirs. His advice has been sought out by every President since his retirement, and he was one of President [[George W. Bush]]'s most-frequent advisors on the [[Iraq War]]. He also helped design the Bush administration's opening to India in the wake of the War on Terror.
Out of office Kissinger became a highly visible corporate consultant on world affairs, and wrote his detailed and insightful memoirs. His advice has been sought out by every President since his retirement, and he was one of President [[George W. Bush]]'s most-frequent advisors on the [[Iraq War]]. He also helped design the Bush administration's opening to India in the wake of the War on Terror.
Kissinger has met with Russian leader [[Vladimir Putin]] on several occassions in an attempt to buttress US-Russian relations. Noting that the US has no border with Russia nor designs on Russian territory, as well as Russia's frontiers with both the Islamic world and China; Kissinger believes that the United States and Russia have compatible interests.<refhttp://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1691285-1,00.html></ref> He is appparently well-liked by the Russian press.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/world/europe/07russiasumm.html?_r=1</ref>
Kissinger returned to teaching for a time after he left office, and today gives eloquent lectures and speeches across the United States. He has appeared regularly on a wide range of television stations to offer his insight, and frequently contributes editorials to newspapers.<ref>http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles.html</ref> Conrad Black has praised Kissinger as "a political memoirist surpassed, if at all, only by [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Charles de Gaulle]]."
Kissinger is a fan of [[soccer]].
==Image and reputation==
==Image and reputation==