It was late spring 2002, and I was barely into my tenure as a sportswriter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution when I first met then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage while in D.C.

While serving as Colin Powell’s deputy during the Iraq war, he found himself at the center of a scandal when he leaked a ...

He knew the reach of American power. And the value of restraint. Mr Richard Armitage, an old-school US diplomat, is being remembered here and in Singapore for shaping Washington’s approach to ...

Mr. Armitage was a central figure in chapters of American national security from the Vietnam War era to the post-Sept. 11, ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Richard Armitage, a former U.S. deputy secretary of state known as a longtime Asia hand who had close connections with Japan, has died at the age of 79, his consulting firm ...

Japanese officials paid tribute to former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage who died on April 13 for his work in strengthening ties between the two nations and his influence on Japan ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Tuesday mourned the death of Richard Armitage, a former U.S. deputy secretary of state who laid the groundwork for the countries' robust security alliance.