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    Caspar Willard Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. As a Republican, he served in a variety of state...
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    funds to the Contras. Handwritten notes taken by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger on 7 December 1985 indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage...
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    Rebecca Jane Weinberger (née Dalton; March 29, 1918 – July 12, 2009) was an American author, publisher and wife of Caspar Weinberger, the 15th United...
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  • The doctrine was publicly disclosed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger on November 28, 1984, in a speech entitled "The Uses of Military Power"...
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  • Alan Weinberger, American businessman Alycia J. Weinberger, Carnegie Institution staffer Caspar Weinberger (1917–2006), American politician and Secretary...
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    part on the Weinberger Doctrine, devised by Caspar Weinberger during his tenure as Secretary of Defense (at which time Powell was Weinberger's senior military...
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    said that the aim was to force the MNF out of Lebanon. According to Caspar Weinberger, then United States Secretary of Defense, there is no knowledge of...
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    and Welfare Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1974) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney...
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  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, we could never have got back the Falklands." In early May, Caspar Weinberger offered the use of an American...
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    and Welfare Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1974) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney...
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    novels, published in 1997 and 2005, with former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Schweizer's second book, published in 1992, purported to reveal espionage...
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    1973 President Richard Nixon Preceded by Robert Finch Succeeded by Caspar Weinberger 25th United States Under Secretary of State In office January 23,...
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    October). Among the key invasion planners were Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and his senior military assistant Colin Powell. Regarding the speed...
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    and Welfare Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1974) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney...
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    an hour of the planned launch of the F-117s, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger scrubbed the stealth mission, fearing a compromise of the secret aircraft...
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  • George H. W. Bush pardoned Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger before his trial began. Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense, was pardoned...
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    award that was established on June 4, 1981, by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and was implemented by Department of Defense Directive 1348.27 dated...
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    and Welfare Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1974) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney...
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  • Miller as Nancy Reagan Nick Searcy as James Baker C. Thomas Howell as Caspar Weinberger Kevin Dillon as Jack L. Warner Skip Schwink as Jimmy Carter Mena Suvari...
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    Apollo 16 and 17. Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Caspar Weinberger was opposed to this, and persuaded Nixon to keep the remaining missions...
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    Andrew. "A Foreign Policy Divided Against Itself: George Shultz versus Caspar Weinberger." in Andrew L. Johns, ed., A Companion to Ronald Reagan (2015): 546–564...
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    state. Other major Cabinet appointees included Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, a former Nixon cabinet official who would preside over an increase...
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    June 1978 18 June 1982 3 years, 362 days U.S. Air Force Harold Brown Caspar Weinberger Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan 10 Vessey Jr., John WilliamGeneral John...
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    and Welfare Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1974) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney...
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    orchestrated the lobbying campaign to obtain a pardon for his friend Caspar Weinberger. In July 2011, Clark became a member of the United States Energy Security...
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    and Welfare Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1974) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney...
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    Carlucci was Undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare when Caspar Weinberger was secretary during the Nixon administration. In the aftermath of...
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    most damaging Soviet spy ring in history." After Walker's arrest, Caspar Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Defense, concluded that the...
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