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Kissinger was consultant to the Department of State (1965-68), United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1961-68), Rand Corporation (1961-68), [[National Security Council]] (1961-62), Weapons Systems Evaluation Group of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1959-60), Operations Coordinating Board (1955), Director of the Psychological Strategy Board (1952), Operations Research Office (1951), and Chairman of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America (1983-84). In 2001 he was not appointed to head the commission studying the [[9-11 Attack]] because he was too controversial.
Kissinger was consultant to the Department of State (1965-68), United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1961-68), Rand Corporation (1961-68), [[National Security Council]] (1961-62), Weapons Systems Evaluation Group of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1959-60), Operations Coordinating Board (1955), Director of the Psychological Strategy Board (1952), Operations Research Office (1951), and Chairman of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America (1983-84). In 2001 he was not appointed to head the commission studying the [[9-11 Attack]] because he was too controversial.
==National Security Advisor==
==National Security Advisor and Secretary of State==
In 1969 Nixon appointed him his top advisor on foreign affairs as "Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs" )or "National Security Advisor") in charge of the [[National Security Council]] staff, which he made his base of power. He and Nixon largely ignored the State Department in setting the main lines of foreign policy. In 1973, Kissinger gained the additional role as secretary of state. He was the only person ever to hold the two top national security roles at the same time, and in 1975 he was replaced as head of the NSC.
In 1969 Nixon appointed him his top advisor on foreign affairs as "Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs" )or "National Security Advisor") in charge of the [[National Security Council]] staff, which he made his base of power. He and Nixon largely ignored the State Department in setting the main lines of foreign policy. In 1973, Kissinger gained the additional role as secretary of state. He was the only person ever to hold the two top national security roles at the same time, and in 1975 he was replaced as head of the NSC.
In the end, Vietnam invaded and occupied Cambodia for more than a decade (killing many hundreds of thousands in the process<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP4.HTM</ref>). Bogged down in an endless guerilla war regularly dubbed ''Vietnam's Vietnam'' in the American press, Communist Vietnam was unable to advance its expansionist objectives abroad; as a result, no more dominos fell in the area.
In the end, Vietnam invaded and occupied Cambodia for more than a decade (killing many hundreds of thousands in the process<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP4.HTM</ref>). Bogged down in an endless guerilla war regularly dubbed ''Vietnam's Vietnam'' in the American press, Communist Vietnam was unable to advance its expansionist objectives abroad; as a result, no more dominos fell in the area.
===Personal Advice to Nixon===
In an April 17, 1973 conversation, Nixon told Kissinger that he was considering whether or not to resign and let [[Spiro Agnew]] take the Presidency, to which Kissinger responded: "''With all due respect, Mr. President, that is out of the question. That cannot be considered....Why should you do it? What good would it do? Whom would it help? It wouldn’t help the country; it wouldn’t help any of the individuals involved….and, of course, it would be personally unjust.''" He also asked him to consider what it would do to weaken the institution of the Presidency.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri3He6n1Dv4</ref>
===Losing power===
===Losing power===