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	Caspar Weinberger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Weinberger was born in San Francisco, California as the son of Colorado-born lawyer Herman Weinberger and Cerise Carpenter Hampson, whose parents were immigrants from England.
		Weinberger pushed for dramatic increases in the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal and was a strong advocate of the controversial Strategic Defense Initiative, popularly known as Star Wars, an initiative which proposed a space-based missile defense shield.
		While residing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Weinberger was treated for and died from complications due to pneumonia at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on March 28, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caspar_Weinberger (1322 words)

	cbs11tv.com - Caspar Weinberger Dies At 88
		Weinberger, who called himself a "fiscal Puritan" and believed that budgets should always be balanced, first demonstrated his budget-trimming talents in the late 1960s when he helped solve California's budget problems as then-Gov. Reagan's finance director.
		Weinberger, who was 75 at the time, had been scheduled to stand trial in less than two weeks on charges that he concealed thousands of pages of his handwritten notes from congressional investigators and prosecutors.
		Weinberger had said he was innocent to all the charges and considered the indictment a political attack.
	cbs11tv.com /topstories/topstories_story_087113517.html (1134 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger Dies at 88 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Weinberger took office Jan. 21, 1981, and served until Nov. 23, 1987, making him the longest-serving defense secretary to date.
		Weinberger was born in San Francisco on Aug. 18, 1917.
		Weinberger opposed the Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 that strengthened the office of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and instituted the office of vice chairman.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Mar2006/20060328_4637.html (607 words)

	Consortiumnews.com
		The key question, ensnaring both Weinberger and his military assistant, Gen. Powell, was their apparent knowledge of the arms shipments to Iran via Israel in 1985, before President Reagan signed a covert-operation finding in January 1986 that officially authorized the Iran operation.
		McFarlane described to the Secretary [Weinberger] the so-called Iran Initiative and he gave to the Secretary a sort of a history of how we got where we were that particular day and some of the thinking that gave rise to the possibility of going forward...
		The belated discovery of Weinberger's diaries led to the former defense secretary's indictment for perjury and obstruction.
	www.consortiumnews.com /2006/032906.html (3610 words)

	Casper Willard Weinberger, Captain, United States Army & Public Servant
		Weinberger's critics thought it was no coincidence that his resignation came just weeks after the stock market plunged, heralding a time of retrenching and the end of the Pentagon joy ride.
		Weinberger served as chairman of a commission on reorganizing the California state government from 1966 to 1968 and was appointed state director of finance by Gov. Ronald Reagan early in 1968.
		Weinberger is survived by a daughter, Arlin Weinberger; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, in addition to his wife and son.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cwweinberger.htm (8808 words)

	MotherJones JA93: Boring Details
		Walsh's team had discovered that Weinberger's handwritten notes disproved Bush's claim that he had been "out of the loop" and proved that Weinberger knew full well about $25 million in Saudi contributions to the contras, even as he told Congress in 1986 that the charge was "so outlandish as to be unworthy of comment."
		According to Brosnahan, the trial would have shown that Weinberger knew as early as summer 1985 that President Ronald Reagan had personally authorized missile shipments to Iran in violation of the Arms Control Export Act, and that this potentially impeachable act was concealed by constructing a false record.
		Early in the investigation, Powell gave conflicting accounts of his knowledge of Weinberger's extensive personal notes, denying knowledge of their existence (when Weinberger was claiming he didn't take any), and then saying in 1992 that the notes were no secret and describing them in detail (after Weinberger was forced to cough them up).
	www.motherjones.com /news/outfront/1993/07/parry.html (1201 words)

	ABC News: Caspar Weinberger Dies at Age 88 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 March 28, 2006.
		Caspar Weinberger Jr., told The Associated Press that his father died Tuesday morning in Bangor, Maine, and said that he had been on kidney dialysis for a couple years and had suddenly developed pneumonia.
		Weinberger died at Eastern Maine Medical Center after a brief illness, said Monie Begley, a spokeswoman for Forbes magazine, where he was chairman.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=1776935 (375 words)

	The Consortium
		The belated discovery of Weinberger's diaries led to the former defense secretary's indictment for obstruction of justice.
		In the new version, dated April 21, 1992, Powell argued that he regarded Weinberger's daily notes as a "personal diary" and that it was "entirely possible" that Weinberger would not have understood these personal papers to be within the scope of the Iran-contra document requests.
		Weinberger was spared a trial -- and Powell was saved from embarrassing attention over his dubious role in the whole affair.
	www.consortiumnews.com /2000/122700a.html (1523 words)

	Walsh Iran / Contra Report - Part VIII Officers of the Department of Defense (U.S. v. Caspar W. Weinberger and Related ...
		Weinberger produced a typewritten memorandum of one meeting, a few documents containing his handwritten marginalia, and official calendars and activity logs that were maintained by his staff.
		Weinberger's attorney had been advised beforehand that the purpose of the interview was to discuss Weinberger's notes, and Weinberger brought to the interview a memorandum from his personal secretary that addressed this very issue.
		Weinberger's secretary, Kay Leisz, said she had a general recollection that in connection with the Iran/contra document production ``someone'' told Weinberger that there was a distinction between ``personal'' and ``official'' documents, and it was her ``feeling'' that personal documents did not have to be produced.
	www.fas.org /irp/offdocs/walsh/part_viii.htm (15432 words)

	israelinsider: Views: How best to remember Caspar Weinberger
		Casper Weinberger is the reason that this man has been in prison for over two decades.
		Weinberger somehow felt that Ames' lies were worth spreading, although he never interfered in any other case, writing a still-confidential memo to the sentencing judge.
		Weinberger's questionable memo is still being denied to Jonathan Pollard's attorneys, who have the necessary security clearance to view it.
	web.israelinsider.com /Views/8213.htm (1064 words)

	Mark R. Levin on NRO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Weinberger had always opposed the sale of arms to the Iranians.
		The fact is that Weinberger gave his documents to the Library of Congress, which placed them in a secure area.
		Weinberger's lawyers even informed Walsh on the whereabouts of the documents.
	www.nationalreview.com /contributors/levin022001.shtml (675 words)

	Caspar Weinberger's In the Arena
		In the very first chapter, Weinberger bluntly lays to rest the assumption that he was raised Jewish, recounting that both his father and grandfather were indifferent to any religion dating back to a synagogue quarrel in Bohemia three generations earlier.
		Weinberger tells how his World War II service was invaluable training for when he became secretary of defense in 1981.
		Weinberger states in his preface that his book was not intended as an academic tome or policy statement, just a simple telling of a life from his personal point of view.
	hnn.us /articles/778.html (753 words)

	Casper Willard Weinberger Biography / Biography of Casper Willard Weinberger Biography
		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.
		Casper W. Weinberger was born in San Francisco on August 18, 1917.
		He was the son of Herman Weinberger, an attorney, and Cerise Carpenter Hampson.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-casper-willard-weinberger (235 words)

	Bush Pardons Weinberger, Five Others Tied to Iran-Contra
		Bush said Weinberger -- who had been scheduled to go on trial in Washington January 5 on charges related to Iran-Contra -- was a "true American patriot," who had served with "distinction" in a series of public positions since the late 1960s.
		Weinberger had been charged by independent counsel Lawrence Walsh with four counts of lying to congressional Iran-Contra investigators in 1987 and to Walsh's prosecutors in 1990.
		Weinberger had pleaded not guilty and said he was being unfairly prosecuted.
	www.fas.org /news/iran/1992/921224-260039.htm (660 words)

	Weinberger Warns Beijing May Be Eyeing Panama Canal [Free Republic]
		Former US defence secretary Casper Weinberger has warned China may be preparing to assume control of the Panama Canal, a development he said would imperil US security.
		Accusing the Clinton administration of complacency, Mr Weinberger said it would not be logical for China to ''pass up a chance to acquire a major foothold in one of the world's three major choke points - especially if it can be done with little cost or risk''.
		The importance of the canal to US security cannot be overestimated, Mr Weinberger said, contending that the United States saves ''millions of hours and dollars each year by having our naval vessels and supplies for all militaryservices sail through the canal rather than around Cape Horn''.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a384fb2271fc5.htm (751 words)

	Weinberger eulogized as Cold War champion
		Former US defense secretary Casper Weinberger was eulogized as a tough but charming Cold Warrior whose 1980s military buildup helped bring down the Soviet Union.
		Powell, who served as Weinberger's military assistant, remembered him as a demanding boss with a sense of humor and a stubborn streak.
		Rumsfeld credited Weinberger, who served as defense secretary from 1982 to 1987, with pushing the development of missile defense and other high tech weaponry, which he contended were "critical to victory in the Cold War."
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=117078 (487 words)

	School News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Weinberger, son of former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger, described his childhood as full of political exposure, especially to the nation’s presidents and of his days in San Diego, jamming with Jerry Garcia.
		When asked about the recent Learning Results requirements, Weinberger supported the action the state is taking to ensure growth and learning in students, but also believed students deserve a right in establishing how they are assessed.
		Weinberger challenged the current activities of the state legislature and promises to examine how they are spending our money.
	www.mdihs.u98.k12.me.us /news-php?more=032 (319 words)

	JTA - Breaking News
		Caspar Weinberger, the Reagan-era defense secretary whose intervention in Jonathan Pollard’s case led to a life sentence for Pollard, died at 88.
		Pollard, a U.S. Navy analyst who pleaded guilty to spying for Israel, reached a deal with the prosecution that would have spared him a life sentence.
		However, Weinberger intervened with a confidential 46-page memo to the judge, who threw out the deal and sentenced Pollard to life in 1987.
	www.jta.org /page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=1984&ref=daily_briefing (71 words)

	INTERVIEW WITH CASPER WEINBERGER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Weinberger, thank you very much for being on our program today.
		Caspar Weinberger: Well, not another gulf ground war, no. We have put together a very lethal force of aerial bombardment and air power but we've stripped ourselves in other parts of the world to do it.
		Caspar Weinberger: Well, the risks are that he accumulates, continues to manufacture and threatens to use and is capable of using such things as: Anthrax, Botulina and DX and all those other agents that are very deadly and can cause an immense amount of damage.
	www.chuckbaldwinlive.com /caspar.html (2058 words)

	cbs5.com - Caspar Weinberger Dies At 88
		CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports: Caspar Weinberger Dies At 88
		He served with the 41st Infantry Division, an outfit that saw heavy fighting against the Japanese.
		Weinberger got married to Jane Dalton during the war.
	cbs5.com /topstories/topstories_story_087113517.html (1131 words)

	Casper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Casper the Friendly Ghost, a 20th-century cartoon character
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casper (146 words)

	Washington 'Committed' to Taiwan's Defense: Weinberger [Free Republic] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Weinberger said he is convinced that the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act would clear up any misconceptions.
		Weinberger is a quintessential cold warrior who definitely believes in projecting our military power to defeat the communists.
		But Weinberger is a valuable man who keeps a vigilant eye on the various threats to freedom around the world.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a37c835e97f53.htm (722 words)

	Illegal Transfer of U.S. Ballistic Missile Technology to China
		Weinberger came to government from Bechtel, a corporation deeply involved in Arab military and civilian projects, known to be exceptionally pro-Arab.
		Weinberger's consistent hostility toward Israel has yet to be examined in light of his withholding vital information from Israel while assisting Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations.
		Of course, that was at a time Weinberger had withheld life and death information to Israel only to have it exposed by Jonathan Pollard.
	www.jonathanpollard.org /1998/040798b.htm (2380 words)

	Caspar Weinberger dead at 88 - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Caspar Weinberger dead at 88 - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Weinberger, seen here in September 1986, died from pneumonia, his son said.
		WASHINGTON - 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.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12050783 (736 words)

	The History Buff, Original Historical Autographs & Manucripts
		The United States of America lost on of its greatest citizens ever when Casper Weinberger died in Maine of complications of pneumonia in March..
		'Cap' Weinberger as he was known to associates and friends was a patriot who labored tirelessly as Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan to restore Americas military after the disastrous Carter administration.Weinberger served a in Defense from 1981 to 1988 making him the second longest serving Secretary of Defense (or War) in history.
		People close to Weinberger are outraged that this happened even to this day.
	www.ehistorybuff.com /weinbergerfightpeace.html (246 words)

	News Analsysis
		Weinberger was vice president, director, and general counsel of the Bechtel Group of Companies.
		Casper Weinberger was dismissed by President Reagan, possibly for the same reason that caused the US intelligence agencies to fight so hard to keep Pollard in prison.
		Weinberger said: "It's a shame that Saddam is using poison gas against Israel." In 1983 when Pollard protested the embargo of this information from Israel, he was told by his superiors: "Don't tell the Jews.
	www.dccsa.com /greatjoy/ananews.htm (17932 words)

	Freezerbox: Of Nukes, Nuts and Tarot Cards: Reagan Revisited
		But by 1982 I came to associate his visage with the cultural climate of Casper Weinberger's America, which was qualitatively more terrifying than any Jack-o-lantern.
		A defense novice when named to his post--he didn't even know the difference between defcon 3 and defcon 4--Weinberger soon adopted the crusading rhetoric of his staff, preaching the dangers of arms control and the peril of the increasing Soviet threat.
		Weinberger consistently lied about the progress of the program to Reagan (and Congress), who then sold it starry-eyed to the American people, who then demanded it of Congress, who reluctantly agreed to fund the program with billions of dollars.
	www.freezerbox.com /archive/print.php?id=97 (1417 words)

	Jus Bellum Criteria Weinberger versus Clinton
		The Weinberger "doctrine" is one set of criteria which has been used in the past but its demands, while essential to success in a middle or high level intensity conflict, makes it ineffective in the lower range of conflicts.
		Casper Weinberger's "doctrine;" whereas the use of the military in the mission in Somalia and Haiti used President Clinton's criteria for committing our armed forces.
		The Weinberger "doctrine," with the Powell influence, typifies the classic American way of war, but may not be suitable for the next four years.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1997/Reynolds.htm (4009 words)

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