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Caspar Weinberger was an American statesman and a dedicated public servant. He wore the uniform in World War II, held elected office, and served in the cabinets of three Presidents. As Secretary of Defense for President Reagan, he worked to strengthen our military and win the Cold War.
Caspar W. Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan's choice to be the fifteenth secretary of defense, was born in San Francisco on 18 August 1917, the son of a lawyer. He received an...
Mar 29, 2006 · Caspar W. Weinberger, who held high positions under three Republican presidents and oversaw the biggest and costliest military buildup in peacetime history as Ronald Reagan's secretary of...
Mar 28, 2006 · WASHINGTON -- Caspar W. Weinberger, who served in the Cabinets of both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and was central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at the age of 88.
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May 23, 2018 · Caspar Weinberger was one of the major figures of the Cold War's final decade. From 1981 to 1987, when he served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's secretary of defense, he presided over a massive buildup of the United States military, part of the country's worldwide competition with the Soviet Union.
Mar 29, 2006 · Caspar W. Weinberger, the anti-Soviet hawk who oversaw the nation’s huge peacetime defense buildup as the secretary of Defense during most of President Reagan’s two terms, died of pneumonia.
Mar 28, 2006 · Caspar W. Weinberger, who served in the Cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, died Tuesday at 88.
Caspar Willard Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California, on August 18, 1917. He received his A.B. magna cum laude (1938) and LL.B. (1941) from Harvard University. Weinberger practiced law in California as a partner of Heller, Ehrman, White and McAuliffe from 1947 to 1969.
On April 4, the Library celebrated its acquisition of the papers of Caspar W. Weinberger, who served as secretary of defense during Ronald Reagan's presidency, in cabinet posts for Presidents Nixon and Ford, in California state government and politics, and as vice president and general counsel of the Bechtel Group, an international construction ...
Caspar Weinberger discusses the history of his relationship with Ronald Reagan and his service under Reagan in both Sacramento and Washington, D.C. He begins with some brief comments about his service as Director of Finance for Governor Reagan in California, and his role in the 1980 presidential campaign.
