Oliver North
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 47
Top works
- One More Mission
- War stories
- We Didn't Fight for Socialism
- Veterans' Lament
- Under Fire
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Film & TV
Acting · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of…
Known for
- Firing Line with Margaret Hoover2018
- Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold — Self (archive footage)2017
- Fatal News — Self (archive footage)2016
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry — Self - US Military Officer (archive footage)2012
- Never Surrender2012
- Family Fundamentals — Self (archive footage)2002
- First Monday2002
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- A Perfect Candidate — Self1996
- The Daily Show — Self1996
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 367
- Total plays
- 1,110
Tags
speeches
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 28,360x
- An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments
· 1992 · cited 24,458x
- Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes
· 1991 · cited 22,369x
- Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
· 1990 · cited 22,242x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
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Quotes
- “I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.”
- “I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America ever violated an order - not one.”
- “I was authorized to do everything that I did.”
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Key dates
- Born
- 7 October 1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oliver
- Family name
- North
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Antonio
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- National Rifle Association of America
- Employer
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
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Categories
1943 births20th-century American male writers21st-century American male writersAmerican broadcast news analystsAmerican columnistsAmerican conservative talk radio hostsAmerican foreign policy writersAmerican male non-fiction writersAmerican military writersAmerican political commentatorsAmerican recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)