1987
Iran-Contra Trial
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Louis
Stokes (circled) at the Iran Contra Testimony by Col. Oliver North, Louis
Stokes Personal Collection
Congressman Stokes served on the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. That committee questioned one of the principle figures in the affair, Lt. Col. Oliver North, a decorated Vietnam Veteran.
Congressman Stokes, a military veteran of WWII, questioned Colonel North when he appeared before the committee. In a nationally televised interchange, Stokes movingly and convincingly labeled Colonel North’s brand of patriotism that led to this affair as “ugly.”
For
additional information on the Iran-Contra Affair, visit the
PBS American Experience website