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Born | Robert Carl McFarlane 1937-07-12 Texas | |||||||||||||
Alma mater | United States Naval Academy, Graduate Institute of International Studies, National War College | |||||||||||||
Spouse | Jonda McFarlane | |||||||||||||
Member of | American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Committee on the Present Danger | |||||||||||||
Party | Republican | |||||||||||||
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Career
As US National Security Adviser, McFarlane urged Ronald Reagan to negotiate the arms deal with Iranian intermediaries.
"Iran Contra"
- Full article: Iran Contra
- Full article: Iran Contra
In 1988, Robert McFarlane pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress as part of the Iran-Contra cover-up. He was sentenced to two years’ probation and a $20,000 fine but was pardoned by George H. W. Bush on Christmas Eve 1992.
Suicide bid?
In 1987, McFarlane reportedly attempted suicide from a valium overdose after the Iran-Contra affair was reported by commercially-controlled media.[1]
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