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| + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McFarlane | ||
| + | |spouses=Jonda McFarlane | ||
| + | |nndb=http://www.nndb.com/people/271/000093989/ | ||
| + | |cspan=https://www.c-span.org/person/?robertmcfarlane | ||
| + | |image=Robert McFarlane.jpg | ||
| + | |description=[[Iran-Contra]] National Security Advisor under President [[Ronald Reagan]] | ||
| + | |alma_mater=United States Naval Academy, Graduate Institute of International Studies, National War College | ||
| + | |birth_date=July 12, 1937 | ||
| + | |birth_name=Robert Carl McFarlane | ||
| + | |birth_place=Texas | ||
| + | |death_date=May 12, 2022 | ||
| + | |death_place=Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| + | |powerbase=http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Robert_McFarlane | ||
| + | |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_McFarlane | ||
| + | |political_parties=Republican | ||
| + | |employment={{job | ||
| + | |title=United States National Security Advisor | ||
| + | |start=October 17, 1983 | ||
| + | |end=December 4, 1985 | ||
| + | |description=Resigned to spend more time with his family | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Deputy National Security Advisor | ||
| + | |start=April 4, 1982 | ||
| + | |end=October 17, 1983 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Counselor of the Department of State | ||
| + | |start=February 28, 1981 | ||
| + | |end=April 4, 1982 | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | '''Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane''' was an American Marine Corps officer who worked as National Security Advisor for President [[Ronald Reagan]] from 1983 to 1985. | ||
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| + | ==Career== | ||
| + | As [[US National Security Adviser]], McFarlane urged [[Ronald Reagan]] to negotiate the arms deal with Iranian intermediaries. | ||
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| + | ==="Iran Contra"=== | ||
| + | {{FA|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. | ||
| − | In 1987, | + | ==Suicide bid?== |
| + | In 1987, McFarlane reportedly attempted [[suicide]] from a [[valium]] overdose after the Iran-Contra affair was reported by {{ccm}}.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/02/world/the-white-house-crisis-mcfarlane-suicide-attempt-what-drove-me-to-despair.html</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Robert Carl McFarlane July 12, 1937 Texas | |||||||||||||
| Died | May 12, 2022 (Age 84) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | |||||||||||||
| 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/Members | |||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | |||||||||||||
Iran-Contra National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan
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Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane was an American Marine Corps officer who worked as National Security Advisor for President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1985.
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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