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She earned a law degree from Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, New York, she served as a Assistant United States Attorney and as chief investigative counsel for the United States House of Representatives, working to investigate two scandals that arose during the Administration of President Bill Clinton. 

She became a conservative television political commentator, appearing on Fox News and CNN cable news networks, and authored two works critical of the Clinton Administration.

On a personal level she was married to Theodore Olson, lawyer, practicing at the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Olson served as United States Solicitor General under President George W. Bush and is a founding member of the Federalist Society

On September 11, 2001 she was a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 77 that was hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists and flown into the Pentagon.

Barbara Olson's final resting place is located on the peninsula at Ellison Bay Cemetery. 

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