I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.

U. He was then promoted to major and served two years as the operations officer of 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment commanded by then LtCol John Southy Grinalds 2nd Marine Division in Camp Lejeune at Jacksonville North Carolina. North was at the center of national attention during the Iran–Contra affair a political scandal of the late 1980s.

Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943) is a former United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel political commentator television host military historian and New York Times best-selling author. He is currently the host of War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News Channel. S.