Can you please give me seven facts about Oliver North. And if you can't then please me a really good website to find 7 facts about him PLEASE! Thank you sooooo much.
2006-12-12 07:24:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Former Lt Colonel in the Marines
Earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts in Vietnam
Conservative political commentator on Fox News
Lost Senate Race in Virginia
Convicted of three felonies for his part in the Iran Contra Affair
His sentence was suspended and his conviction was later overturned because he had been granted limited immunity when he testified before congress.
He has written several books.
2006-12-12 07:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oliver North Wikipedia
2016-10-31 22:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943 [fact 1]) was a member of the United States Marine Corps [fact 2] who achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel [fact 3]. During the Vietnam War he was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and 2 Purple Heart medals [fact 4]. He rose to national infamy because of the Iran-Contra Affair [fact 5], during which he was a key Reagan administration official involved in the clandestine selling of weapons to Iran in order to generate proceeds to support the Contra rebel group in violation of the law — specifically, a provision known as the Boland Amendment.
Today, he is a conservative political commentator [fact 6], and host of the Fox News Channel program, War Stories [fact 7].
2006-12-12 07:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by iliandraeq 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) was a member of the United States Marine Corps who achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During the Vietnam War he was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and 2 Purple Heart medals. He rose to national infamy because of the Iran-Contra Affair, during which he was a key Reagan administration official involved in the clandestine selling of weapons to Iran in order to generate proceeds to support the Contra rebel group in violation of the law — specifically, a provision known as the Boland Amendment.
Today, he is a conservative political commentator, and host of the Fox News Channel program, War Stories.
2006-12-12 07:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by mshazeleyes2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. He was a decorated platoon leader in the Vietnam War
2. Began working in the White House for the National Security Council in 1981
3. In 1994 he earned the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, but lost the election
4. He was born in San Antonio, Texas..October 7, 1943
5. Oliver served in the Marines for 22 years
6. He attended the State University of New York Brockport.
7. Oliver served as the United States government Counter-Terrorism Coordinator from 1983 to 1986
2006-12-12 07:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's is bio from his website. I'm sure there are at least 7 facts about him in there.
Source: http://olivernorth.com/
Oliver L. North is a combat decorated Marine, #1 best-selling author, the founder of a small business, an inventor and holder of three U.S. patents, NRA Life member, a syndicated columnist, and the host of "War Stories" on the FOX News Channel.
North was born in San Antonio, Texas, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland in 1968 and served 22 years as a U.S. Marine. His combat awards include The Silver Star, The Bronze Star for Valor and two Purple Hearts for wounds in action.
Assigned to the National Security Council Staff in the Reagan administration, LtCol North was the United States government’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator from 1983-1986 and was involved in planning the rescue of medical students on the Island of Grenada and the daring capture of the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. After helping plan the U.S. raid on Quadaffi’s terrorist bases in Libya, North was targeted for assassination by Abu Nidal.
A New York Times best-selling author of ten books, his most recent novel, The Assassins, was released in paperback in October 2006. North is also the founder of Freedom Alliance, a foundation which provides scholarships for the sons and daughters of service members killed in action.
North has spent months embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. His award-winning documentary series, "War Stories" airs each Sunday night at 8PM Eastern and Pacific on the FOX NEWS channel. He claims his greatest accomplishment is being the husband of one, the father of four and the grandfather of eight.
2006-12-12 09:17:26 · answer #6 · answered by Tori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a google search. If you don't find anything under Oliver North, look under Iran-Contra Scandal. He was a marine officer that was involved in that affair, back in the 80's
2006-12-12 07:30:32 · answer #7 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to wikipedia.org and put in Oliver North, you will get a great summary of info about him
2006-12-12 07:27:07 · answer #8 · answered by SAMUEL ELI 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a coward, a rat, a whiner, a sneak, a poseur, and a right wing lawbreaker.
2006-12-12 07:28:03 · answer #9 · answered by Grist 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not possible. There's nothing real about the man. How could he possibly have anything to do with fact?
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2006-12-12 07:30:29 · answer #10 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋