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Jan 24, 2024 · CNN —. Former National Rifle Association President Oliver North was ousted after he raised concerns about corruption within the gun-lobbying group, he testified Tuesday at a civil corruption ...
Jul 5, 2014 · By Salima Koroma. July 5, 2014 7:00 AM EDT. 25 years ago, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North did something really, really bad. He sold weapons to Iran in an effort to help fund rebels...
May 8, 2024 · Iran-Contra Affair, 1980s U.S. political scandal in which the National Security Council became involved in secret weapons transactions with Iran, covert support of the Nicaraguan contras, and other activities that either were prohibited by the U.S. Congress or violated the stated government policy.
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Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North served as the deputy director of political-military affairs for the National Security Council staff. Although he reported directly to National Security Adviser John Poindexter and to his predecessor, Robert McFarlane, he was seen as the mastermind behind the Iran-Contra Affairs.
June 28, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Oliver North on Capitol Hill in 1986. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) July 5, 1989 On this day, a federal judge sentenced Oliver North for attempting to cover up...
Oliver North is a combat decorated U.S. Marine, #1 best-selling author, founder of a small business and holder of three U.S. patents. For seventeen years he was a syndicated columnist and host of “War Stories” on FOX News Channel. In May 2018, he retired from FOX News to serve as the 66th president of the National Rifle Association of America.
May 7, 2018 · Write to Olivia B. Waxman at olivia.waxman@time.com. Oliver North, who will be the new NRA president, is best known for his involvement in the Iran-contra scandal in the 1980s.
