Barbara K. Olson

Barbara K. Olson (19XX-September 11, 2001) conservative TV commentator who worked for FOX News, CNN and several other outlets. She was married to [Solicitor General]? of the U.S. [Theodore Olson]? and had reported the hijacking to him by phone about 20 minutes before the plane hit the Pentagon. In the mid 1990s, she was a chief investigator for the House Government Reform Committee. She was later a staff lawyer for Senate Minority Whip Don Nickles, before branching out on her own as a TV commentator and private lawyer. She was a frequent critic of the Clinton administration and wrote a book about Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was working on her second book, had been a professional ballet dancer when younger, and had also been a prosecutor.

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She died at the age of 45 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on board American Airlines flight 77.

She was survived by her husband Theodore Olsen, [family]. [Information on family, other information.]

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See September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties.

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