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Oliver North
Acting
07 Oct 1943 (82 years)
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biography
Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran to encourage the release of American hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second ...
Also Known As
Oliver Laurence North, Ollie North
















