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...Editors: As a World War II veteran, I am outraged that many individuals, including President Reagan and Pat Buchanan, are calling Lieut. Colonel Oliver North a national hero (NATION, Dec. 22). Whether his actions during the Iran-contra scandal merit such acclaim cannot be determined, since he won't furnish an accounting of his ventures. If the facts were known, perhaps I would agree. The continued silence of North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter is not heroic. Many servicemen have given their lives for their country. Is it asking too much for North and Poindexter also to make a sacrifice...
...Lieut. Colonel Oliver North is my brother. In your story you said, ''In a voice quavering with suppressed (or feigned) emotion, he took the Fifth Amendment . . .'' As a speech pathologist, I know that judging emotion from a voice is most difficult. Having watched and heard my brother during his testimony, I have no doubt that his emotion was genuine...
...American and a former French Foreign Legionnaire; I salute Lieut. Colonel North for his brains and courage. If the press had not blown all the secrets, the hostages would be home...
...could a Marine lieutenant colonel in good conscience help organize a deal that would benefit Iran, the very nation that was responsible for the death of hundreds of his fellow Marines...
...magistrate and an unprecedented nighttime police raid - all of which could change the way that future Olympics fight the war against banned substances. The saga began to unfold just before 5 p.m. when Mario Pescante, Italy's official representative to the Winter Games, arrived at the office of Carabinieri Colonel Angelo Agovino carrying a slim file and a photograph of a stout 48-year-old named Walter Mayer. The Austrian cross-country and biathlon team coach had been busted after prohibited blood-transfusion equipment was found after the Salt Lake Games in 2002, and banned from the Olympics...