The Navy accepted a final General Accounting Office ruling to strip Oliver North of his $23,000 military pension because of his convictions in the Iran-Contra scandal.
"With the ruling today, he will no longer be entitled to any pay under retirement," a Navy spokesman said Monday shortly after the GAO issued its decision against North.North is still entitled to medical and commissary benefits, and the GAO said in its decision that North can always seek to recover his retired pay by filing suit against the government.
North, a 45-year-old Vietnam War veteran, retired in 1988 after 20 years of active service in the Marines.
The Navy suspended North's pension July 5, the day he was sentenced for his role in the Iran-Contra coverup, and asked the GAO to rule whether his retired pay should be revoked.