Talk:Howard Teicher

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Iran-Contra

I hope this isn't a sensitive point, but the reason Mr. Teicher left the NSC in 1987 was that he was implicated (unfairly or not) int he Iran-Contra incident, as Iran was part of his portfolio. Shouldn't the article mention this? i don't think its anything to hide as it is part of a distinguished career. Here's a quotation from the Times:

"As for Mr. Teicher's rocket rise, he flamed out over Iran-contra. He had been sent, behind the United States Ambassador's back, to put the arm on Israel for cash for the Nicaraguan contras, an act that won him the undying enmity of State Department careerists. He was ordered to accompany Robert C. McFarlane and Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North on that bizarre 1986 mission to Teheran in a plane full of Hawk missile parts, an incident that was to further tar him with the arms-for-hostages scandal. . . . .In the winter of 1987, at age 32, Howard Teicher was forced out of Government, a victim of the Reagan White House's scramble to contain the mushrooming Iran-contra scandal". http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/books/wobbly-lines-in-the-sand.html?pagewanted=2 PorkchopLarue (talk) 16:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Twin Pillars to Desert Storm is a valuable source. A quote mine. We could also include something from his book. Wikispan (talk) 21:57, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]