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1. Name: Richard Lee Armitage 
2. Title: Deputy Secretary of State
3. U.S./Iraq
Position:		 PRO to the question Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?
4. Reasoning: "We have to face the fact the if Iraq does no disarm peacefully, we will have to make a choice. We cannot have it both ways."
(U.S. Department of State Website, Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 01/30/03)

"I think the window on diplomacy is rapidly closing. That's what Secretary Powell indicated yesterday to our members of Congress. So I would just say - content myself with that statement. I don't think I should go beyond it.[deadline for preemtive strike on Iraq]"
(ninemsn.com, 03/16/03)
5. Credibility
Ranking:		  Expert/VIP
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict.
6. Involvement:
  • March 26, 2001-present - Deputy Secretary of State.
  • May 1993 - President of Armitage Associates L.C.
  • March 1992-May 1993 - Coordinator for Emergeny Humanitarian Assistance to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
  • 1991 - Special Emissary to Jordon's King Hussein.
  • 1989-1992 - Presidential Special Negotiator for the Philippines Military Bases Agreement and Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East.
  • June 1983-May 1993 - Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
  • 1981-June 1983 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  • 1980 - Senior advisor to the Interim Foreign Policy Board.
  • 1978 - Adminstrative Assistant to Senator Robert Dole.
  • May 1975-November 1976 - Pentagon consultant posted in Tehran, Iran.
7. Education:
  • 1967 - U.S. Naval Academy
8. Relevant
Affiliations:
  • Four time recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.
  • Received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
  • Received the Chairman of the Joint Cheifs Award for Outstanding Public Service.
  • Received the Presidential Citizens Medal.
  • Received the Department of State Distinguished Honor Award.
  • Member of the Counsel on Foreign Relations.
  • One of the signers of the January 26, 1998, Project for the New American Century.
9. Contact Info: Phone: not listed    Fax: not listed
E-Mail: not listed
Web Site: www.state.gov
10. Other: "From 1989 through 1992 Mr. Armitage filled key diplomatic positions as Presidential Special Negotiator for the Philippines Military Bases Agreement and Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East. President Bush sent him as a Special Emissary to Jordon's King Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War."
(U.S. Department of State Website, Biography of Richard Lee Armitage)

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