Richard Armitage (government official)
American diplomat and government official (born 1945)
Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) is an American Republican politician.
Richard Armitage | |
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| United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
| In office March 26, 2001 – February 23, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Strobe Talbott |
| Succeeded by | Robert Zoellick |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs | |
| In office April 2, 1983 – June 5, 1989 Acting: April 2, 1983 – June 5, 1983 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Bing West |
| Succeeded by | Harry Rowen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Lee Armitage April 26, 1945 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Alice Samford |
| Children | 8 |
| Relatives | Iain Armitage (grandson) |
| Alma mater | United States Naval Academy (BS) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1967-1973 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
He worked as an aide to Senator Bob Dole.[1]
Armitage was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs (1981–1983) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1983–1989) during the Ronald Reagan presidency.
He was Deputy Secretary of State from March 2001 to February 2005 during the George W. Bush presidency.[2]
Armitage is known for his role in Plame affair. Armitage said in 2006 that he leaked Valerie Plame Wilson's identity as a CIA officer to columnist Robert Novak, who revealed her identity in a July 2003 column.[3][4]
References
change- ↑ Remarks to the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations: Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State, Marc Susser, Historian of the State Department, Washington, DC, June 5, 2003.
- ↑ Richard Lee Armitage (1945–), Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State.
- ↑ Smith, R. Jeffrey (September 8, 2006). "Armitage Says He Was Source of CIA Leak". The Washington Post. p. A03.
- ↑ David Johnston (September 7, 2006). "Armitage Says He Was the Source in C.I.A. Leak". New York Times.
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