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Oliver North throws a party: what a lovely Cold War it was. ($150-a-plate dinner given on the anniversary of North's Iran-contra Congressional hearings)

From: The Progressive  |  Date: 9/1/1997  |  Author: Conniff, Ruth

North and his self-promoting organization, Freedom Alliance, attempts to parlay the prestige of Ronald Reagan, and the Iran-Contra affair, into money and the credit for the democratic government in Nicaragua. North's ties to the covert war that killed 30,000 Nicaraguans, and other US crimes, are discussed.

Yes, the Cold War is over. I know because I attended Oliver North's victory celebration at the Capitol Hill Hyatt in Washington, D.C. The July 8, $150-a-plate dinner marked the American ...

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