Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage was the former United States deputy secretary of state, a position he from 2001 to 2005. Before becoming deputy secretary of state, Armitage held the senior troubleshooting and negotiating positions in the U.S. State Department and the Department of Defense.

1. Born: April 26, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts
2. Alma Mater: U.S. Naval Academy
3. Served in the Vietnam War
4. Is fluent in VietnameseWhiteHouse.gov: Richard Armitage Bio
5. After his service joined the U.S. Defense Attache Office in the former city of Saigon
6. Awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service four times
7. 1983-1989: Served as assistant secretary of defense for International Security Affairs
8. Revealed as the source of the leak in the Valerie Plame AffairThe Huffington Post: Treason is Not Old News (November 22, 2007)
9. 1975: Served as a Pentagon consultant
10. On the board of directors at the American Security Project and Center for a New American Security

• 1945: Born April 26, 1945

• 1967: Graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy

• 1973: Left active duty in 1973

• 1983-1989: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

• 2006: Revealed as the source of the leak in the Valerie Plame Affair