CASPAR WEINBERGER AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED 8 x 10 PHOTO

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You are bidding on an autographed 8 x 10 picture of Casper Weinberger
For over 20 years I ran a charity Golf Outing, I would write to over 6,000 sports figures, actors, actress, world leaders and politicians asked for donation of signed items, every year that I contacted Mr. Weinberger he was kind enough to send us a signed item. This is the one of the items he sent us, which I won in one of the raffles. It is now time to get rid of some of the signed items that I have saved
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Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger
was born on
August 18, 1917 and died March 28, 2006, he was an American statesman and businessman. As a prominent Republican, he served in a variety of state and federal positions for three decades, including Chairman of the California Republican Party, 1962–68. Most notably he was
Secretary of Defense
under President
Ronald Reagan
from 1981 to 1987.
Weinberger was born in
San Francisco, California
. He served in the
41st Infantry Division
in the
Pacific theater
of
World War II
. Weinberger's 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
magazine.
Weinberger's tenure as Secretary of Defense was marked by his hard line against
the Soviet Union
, in disagreement with the State Department. He promoted the
Strategic Defense Initiative
. He was indicted in the
Iran–Contra affair
but received a pardon before going to trial. Weinberger was awarded both the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 1987 and an honorary British knighthood from
Queen Elizabeth II
.