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Former National Rifle Association (NRA) President Oliver North says he was ousted after he raised concerns of corruption within the gun-lobbying group, he testified Tuesday at the civil corruption ...
North was born in San Antonio, Texas, on October 7, 1943, the son of Ann Theresa (née Clancy) and Oliver Clay North, a U.S. Army major. [3] [4] He grew up in Philmont, New York, and graduated from Ockawamick Central High School in 1961.
Oliver North testified Tuesday that he was forced out of the National Rifle Association after raising allegations of financial irregularities within the powerful lobbying organization, likening ...
North, a retired U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel who was at the center of the Reagan-era Iran-Contra scandal, would step down as president in April 2019, less than a year after accepting the job.
The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ماجرای ایران-کنترا; Spanish: Caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the Iran Initiative, or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that centered around arms trafficking facilitated by senior officials of the Ronald Reagan administration to Iran between 1981 to 1986.
In June 1985 Oliver North and Richard Secord diverted funding to the “Enterprise” which was a name commonly used for the illegal trading of weapons and training of Contra troops. The Enterprise started a company known as the Stanford Technology Trading Group International. The company was run by Albert Hakim and Secord.
Retired U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North will step down as president of the National Rifle Association amid leadership dispute. Infighting on display at NRA as president Oliver North ...
Among the issues in the lawsuit was the NRA's request for details of Ackerman McQueen's $1 million contract with NRA president Oliver North to host NRATV programming. Ackerman McQueen declined to provide the NRA with the full contract, and North through counsel declined to provide the NRA with the contract without Ackerman McQueen consent.