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Gary’s final installment of the “An American Sampler: Secretaries of State” Series profiles Henry Kissinger. As both President Nixon’s National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger exerted an enormous influence on American foreign policy. Issues such as the Vietnam War, relations with the Soviet Union, China and the threat of war in the Middle East all demanded his attention. His foreign policy models were Metternich and Bismarck. As foreign ministers, both of these men had practiced the diplomacy of realpolitik. For Kissinger, the balance of power, triangulation and personal diplomacy were the keys to American security.