Caspar Weinberger

Politician

1917-08-18 – 2006-03-28

American public official who served as U.S. secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. Earlier, he held major federal roles including director of the Office of Management and Budget and secretary of health, education, and welfare. He was a central architect of U.S. defense policy during the late Cold War period.

Quotes by Caspar Weinberger

It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.
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Even an inaccurate missile is quite a deterrent.
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