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A Timeline of Gingrich Advisor Bud McFarlane’s Foreign Entanglements
From the Project On Government Oversight
By BEN FREEMAN
Last week POGO reported that Bud McFarlane, an advisor to the Gingrich Presidential campaign, had lobbied for both sides of the war in Sudan. McFarlane, who earlier in his career as National Security Advisor for President Reagan was part of the Iran-Contra scandal, covertly lobbied for the Sudanese government in Khartoum mere months after lobbying for their rivals in southern Sudan.
The timeline below tracks McFarlane’s role in the Iran-Contra Scandal, his work on behalf of Sudan, and his recent endorsement of Gingrich.
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Ben Freeman is POGO's National Security Fellow
The Project On Government Oversight is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO’s investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government. Founded in 1981, POGO (which was then known as Project on Military Procurement) originally worked to expose outrageously overpriced military spending on items such as a $7,600 coffee maker and a $436 hammer. In 1990, after many successes reforming military spending, including a Pentagon spending freeze at the height of the Cold War, POGO decided to expand its mandate and investigate waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government.
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