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Name: Casper Willard Weinberger
Birth Date: August 18, 1917
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: secretary of defense

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Biography of Casper Willard Weinberger
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Casper Willard Weinberger (born 1917) served in the administrations of three U.S. presidents, as director of the Office of Management and Budget, as secretary of health, education and welfare, and as secretary of defense. He was noted for His...


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Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006), was an American politician and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan from January 21, 1981, until November 23, 1987, making him the third longest-serving defense...


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Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
Caspar Weinberger
03/29/2006: 398 words, approx. 1 pages
It may seem odd that a man known as "Cap the Knife" for his efforts to cut government spending in the Nixon administration could go on to oversee the biggest peacetime increase in defense spending. To Caspar Weinberger, the math was simple: "We won...
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The Economist (US)
Caspar Weinberger.(Caspar Weinberger{dagger})(Obituary)
04/01/2006: 911 words, approx. 3 pages
Caspar Weinberger, an American defence secretary, died on March 28th, aged 88 WHEN the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, it sent one serviceman for roughly every 100 Iraqis. Twenty years earlier, when it had invaded Grenada, it sent one for every...
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AP News
Former Joint Chiefs Chair Crowe dies
10/18/2007: 623 words, approx. 2 pages
William Crowe, an Annapolis-trained submarine officer who rose to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as ambassador to Britain, has died at age 82.The retired admiral died early Thursday at Bethesda Naval Hospital, the Navy announced. No cause of death was released...
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In job fight, Wolfowitz hires lawyer
4/23/2007: 645 words, approx. 2 pages
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has hired a prominent attorney as he fights to keep his job, in jeopardy for arranging a generous compensation package for a bank employee with whom he has been romantically linked."I want to be sure that he receives appropriate treatment...
 


 

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