Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger (August 18, 1917 – March 28, 2006), was an American politician and businessman. He served in a variety of prominent state and federal positions for three decades, most prominently as Secretary of Defense under 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.

Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1959) is an African American political commentator, author of a conservative newspaper column, and host of a daily radio show and a nationally syndicated TV program, called The Right Side with Armstrong Williams. From 2004 to 2007, he co-hosted a daily radio program with Sam Greenfield, broadcast on WWRL in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

A native of Marion, South Carolina, Williams was reared on the family’s tobacco farm with nine other siblings. He displayed an early gift for public speaking, winning a high school orating contest in 1976.^{[citation needed]} Graduating in 1981 from South Carolina State University, he received his B.A. in Political Science and English. He is a life member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

Williams, who has never married, often mentions his celibacy.

In 1997, Williams was sued for sexual harassment by Stephen Gregory, a former YMCA personal trainer whom Williams repeatedly promoted, eventually to executive producer of his show The Right Side. The case was settled out of court. In his book Blinded by the Right, journalist David Brock claimed that Williams made a pass at him in Williams' apartment.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert William George Freer GBE KCB (1 September 1923 – 15 January 2012) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command.

Educated at Gosport Grammar School, Freer joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and became a flying instructor. He was given command of No. 92 Squadron in 1955 and became Station Commander of RAF Seletar in Singapore in 1963 during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. He was made Deputy Director of Defence Plans in 1966, Deputy Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1969 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Near East Air Force in 1971. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group in 1972, Air Officer Commanding No. 18 Group in 1975 and Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command in 1978. His last appointment was as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1980 before he retired in 1982.

In retirement he became a Director of Rediffusion. He died at home on 15 January 2012.

Caspar Willard Weinberger, Jr. (born 1947), is the son of U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Jane Weinberger. Born in San Francisco, he studied Modern British History at Harvard College, the same school where his father had been editor of the Harvard Crimson. He earned a B.A. in 1968.

From 1968 to 1971, Weinberger was an AFTRA producer, director and writer of documentary news films for NBCs San Francisco affiliate, KRON-TV. His documentaries won several awards, including the Associated Press Award for “Best California Documentary”.

In 1972, California Governor Ronald Reagan hired Caspar Weinberger Jr. to help set up the Office of Information Services. He would later work for President Reagan, in 1981, working for the newly formed Federal International Communications Agency (formerly the U.S.I.A.), where he helped create World Net, the TV counterpart to the Voice of America.

Weinberger later worked as a consultant to Smith Affiliated Capital Corporation in New York, and the Washington D.C. public relations firm, Gray and Company. He also worked as an independent consultant and music producer until settling in Mount Desert, Maine in 1997.

Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster. He is best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's The Today Show. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel.

Gumbel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of Rhea Alice (née LeCesne), a city clerk, and Richard Dunbar Gumbel, a judge. He graduated from Bates College in 1970. Gumbel began his television career in October 1972, when he was made a sportscaster for KNBC-TV out of Los Angeles.

Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show GrandStand with Jack Buck. From 1975 until January 1982 (when he left to do The Today Show) Gumbel hosted numerous sporting events for NBC including Major League Baseball, college basketball and the National Football League. Gumbel returned to sportscasting for NBC when he hosted the prime time coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul and the PGA Tour in 1990.

One of Gumbel's more memorable moments during his time at NBC Sports occurred in 1982, when he was on-site for the "Epic in Miami" NFL playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. At the end of the game, Gumbel told the viewing audience "If you didn't like this football game then you don't like football!"