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John Poindexter
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John Poindexter
John Marlan Poindexter
(born August 12, 1936) is a retired
United States
naval officer and
Department of Defense
official. He was
Deputy National Security Advisor
and
National Security Advisor
for the
Reagan administration
. He was convicted in April 1990 of multiple felonies as a result of his actions in the
Iran–Contra affair
, but his convictions were reversed on appeal in 1991. More recently, he served a brief stint as the director of the
DARPA
Information Awareness Office
for the
George W. Bush administration
. He is the father of NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain
Alan G. Poindexter
.
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