Caspar Weinberger Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger, GBE (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006), was an American politician and businessman. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of prominent state and federal positions for three decades, including Chairman of the California Republican Party, 1962-68. Most notably he was appointed Secretary of Defense under Republican President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. Born in San Francisco, California, Weinberger served in the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific theater of World War II. His entry into politics was as a California State Assemblyman from 1953 to 1959, and he would go on to serve as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. An accomplished private sector businessman, he later became vice president and general counsel of Bechtel Corporation, and still later Chairman of Forbes.His tenure as Secretary of Defense is the third longest in U.S. history, and spanned the final years of the Cold War. He is also known for his key role in the administration's Strategic Defense Initiative and later indictments in the Iran–Contra affair. He was awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987 and an honorary British knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.
Nickname "Cap the Knife" was acquired when, as head of the Office of Management and Budget, he gained a reputation for cutting spending on government programs. "Cap the Shovel" was his nickname during his term as secretary of defense, when he oversaw the largest peacetime increase in US defense spending.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense (1981-1987).
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Year
Status
Character
All-Star Celebration Opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
1981
TV Movie
Self
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Year
Status
Character
National Geographic: Inside 9/11
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Fox and Friends
2005
TV Series
Himself
Bulletproof: Reagan After Hinckley
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2001
TV Series
Himself
Cold War
1998
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
World Business Review
1996
TV Series
Original host
Timewatch
1992
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Complete Churchill
1992
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Intelligence Officer, United States Army / Himself - United States Army, 1941