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Caspar Willard Weinberger GBE (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. As a Republican , he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, most notably as Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 1981 to November 1987. [1]
January 21, 1981 – November 23, 1987. 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...
Mar 28, 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...
May 23, 2018 · Born Caspar Willard Weinberger, August 18, 1917, in San Francisco, CA; died of pneumonia, March 28, 2006, in Bangor, ME. U.S. Secretary of Defense. 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 ...
Mar 28, 2006 · March 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...
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed him secretary of Defense, and Weinberger remained in that post until 1987. After leaving government service, Weinberger became publisher and chairman of Forbes Forbes magazine. In 1990, he wrote Fighting for Peace, followed by The Next War in 1996.
Mar 28, 2006 · Tue 28 Mar 2006 18.03 EST. Caspar Weinberger, who served in the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died at the age of 88.
