This Day in Politics: DeC. 15, 1993 Les Aspin Resigns as Defense Secretary On this day in 1993, President Bill Clinton announced the resignation of former Rep. Les Aspin Jr. as defense secretary.

Les Aspin, a Wisconsin Democrat and former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee who gave up his congressional seat to become President Clinton's first secretary of defense, dies of a ...

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