 Card number 28. Look at this good boy hole in this Bible. Who is this? Who is this? Robert McFarland. Robert McFarland. Is that a dunce cap? Birthday cake and a Bible? Where is that his birthday hat on? Robert McFarland. Card number 28. National Security Advisor Robert Budd McFarland. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Robert Budd McFarland was one of the original planners of the Contra War against Nicaragua. In 1981, as an assistant to Secretary of State Alexander Haig, McFarland authored quote, taking the war to Nicaragua, end quote, and let the restricted inter-agency group RIG, which formulated and carried out the administration's Central American policies. During his tenure as National Security Advisor from October 1983 through December 1985, McFarland oversaw Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North's activities, C-card number 13. He repeatedly lied to Congress about North's actions and his own because he believed their actions were illegal under the Boland Amendment. McFarland successfully solicited Contra 8 from foreign governments and also took part in the unsuccessful attempts to free hostage, hostage CIA agent William Buckley, C-card number 25, 26, and 27. When McFarland led a delegation to Iran in May 1986, carrying a cake and spare parts for Hawk anti-aircraft missiles, it was at the request of John Pointexter, his successor as National Security Advisor, C-card number 35. McFarland was the natural choice, having been instrumental in persuading the president to authorize the original Israeli US shipment of TOW missiles to Iran in August 1985. When three days of meetings failed to produce even one hostage, the delegation came home empty-handed, and a broken butt McFarland returned to private life. On February 9, 1987, Robert McFarland tried to kill himself with an overdose of Valium, saying he had failed his country. McFarland, C-card number 28.