Robert McFarlane

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BornRobert Carl McFarlane
July 12, 1937
Texas
DiedMay 12, 2022 (Age 84)
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUnited States Naval Academy, Graduate Institute of International Studies, National War College
SpouseJonda McFarlane
Member ofAmerican Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Committee on the Present Danger/Members
PartyRepublican
Iran-Contra National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan

Employment.png United States National Security Advisor

In office
October 17, 1983 - December 4, 1985
Preceded byWilliam P. Clark Jr
Succeeded byJohn Poindexter
Resigned to spend more time with his family

Employment.png Deputy National Security Advisor Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
April 4, 1982 - October 17, 1983

Employment.png Counselor of the Department of State

In office
February 28, 1981 - 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.


Career

As US National Security Adviser, McFarlane urged Ronald Reagan to negotiate the arms deal with Iranian intermediaries.

"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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