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Today in History: December 24, former defense secretary pardoned in Iran-Contra scandal

Also on this day, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, that was the original version of the Ku Klux Klan

Washington, UNITED STATES: (FILES) File picture of former US Defense Secretary Caspar Weiberger (C) surrounded by news photographers as he leaves US District Court 19 June 1992 in Washington, D.C., after pleading innocent to the charge of making false statements relating to the Iran-Contra affair. (Photo credit should read ROBERT GIROUX/AFP via Getty Images)
Washington, UNITED STATES: (FILES) File picture of former US Defense Secretary Caspar Weiberger (C) surrounded by news photographers as he leaves US District Court 19 June 1992 in Washington, D.C., after pleading innocent to the charge of making false statements relating to the Iran-Contra affair. (Photo credit should read ROBERT GIROUX/AFP via Getty Images)
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President George H.W. Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.

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