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Kissinger: Nobel Prize and war crime allegations leave complicated legacy

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Kissinger was the first Jewish-American U.S. Secretary of State. He is seen by a large swath of the world as an unrepentant war criminal. Kissinger was a Cold Warrior focused on containing the Soviets. It is believed that more than 5 million tons of ordnance was dropped on Cambodia and Laos.

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Kissinger: Nobel Prize and war crime allegations leave complicated legacy

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in 1923, the child who would become Henry Kissinger left his birth country of Germany in 1938 as his family, German Jews, fled the Nazis. The Kissingers settled in New York, where Heinz's name was officially changed to Henry. Kissinger, who died November 29 at the age of 100, leaves a huge and tangled legacy. The man was the first Jewish-American U.S. Secretary of State. He is the recipient…

8 months ago·Sioux Falls, United States

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