Richard Armitage Politician
Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) is an American former naval officer and a Republican politician who was appointed the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005 under George W. Bush. He has acknowledged that he publicly released the classified information that Valerie Plame Wilson was a secret agent for the CIA, triggering the Plame affair, although he has said it was inadvertent.
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| office | 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State 19th Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs |
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