Richard Armitage (politician)

Richard Lee Armitage KCMG AC CNZM ( born April 26, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American diplomat and politician ( Republican). From 26 March 2001 to 22 February 2005, he served as Deputy Secretary of State of the United States.

Armitage graduated in 1967, the United States Naval Academy and participated in the Vietnam War, after which he worked for the U.S. Department of Defense in different countries and different tasks. From 1976 to 1978 he was employed in the private sector. Between 1978 and 1980 he worked for the U.S. Senator Bob Dole as his assistant. After that, he was one of the advisers of Ronald Reagan.

In the years 1981 to 1983, Armitage Undersecretary of Defense ( Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense ); In this capacity he was responsible for East Asia and the Pacific. He then rose to international security policy ( Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy) to the Secretary of State. He held until 1989 this post. This year he was intended for the Office of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the nomination was withdrawn. Later he worked as a negotiator in the Philippines, the Middle East and Europe for the government. Since 1993, he again worked for the private sector.

As of March 2001 Armitage served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State under George W. Bush. After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the planned operations against the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan, it was a priority of the U.S. government 's support of Pakistan to secure, which was used until that date as a supporter of the Taliban regime. Intended to force In an attempt this cooperation Armitage threatened Pakistan's intelligence chief to attack the country, it should not bow to the demands of the U.S. government itself.

Richard Lee Armitage, a close confidant of Colin Powell, filed one day after his farewell also tendered his resignation. On 22 February 2005, he resigned from the office.

After einener statement on its web-site, he gave up the public office to along with four partners, the company Armitage International, LC to start.

In 2006, he pleaded as the source of the unmasking of CIA agent Valerie Plame. He had Valerie Plame's intelligence activities in 2003 as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State to the ultra-conservative columnist Robert Novak - decried as " Prince of Darkness " - and launched at the Watergate legend Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. This betrayal presented in accordance with U.S. laws a serious criminal offense dar.

In March 2006 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the U.S. energy and oil company ConocoPhillips.

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