Robert McFarlane
1937 – 2022 American National Security Advisor
Reagan national security adviser who helped start the Iran arms deals.
- Affiliations
- National Security Advisor to President Reagan from 1983 to 1985; helped launch the arms-for-hostages dealings with Iran.
Robert McFarlane was a Marine officer who served as President Reagan's National Security Advisor. He helped open the secret channel that led to arms sales to Iran. He pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress in the Iran-Contra affair and was later pardoned.
Connections
- associate of Oliver North — Earlier national security adviser he worked under.