He was a realist, but his realism was not based on academic theories. Instead, he operated on the basis of his instinctive ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Richard Armitage, a respected figure in U.S. foreign policy toward Asia who served as deputy secretary of state under President George W. Bush, died on Sunday at age 79. Armitage ...

Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage — who passed away this week at the age of 79 — was no ideologue. In fact, he couldn’t stand them. He was a realist, but his realism was not ...

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

Richard Lee Armitage, the son of a businessman and a nurse, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1945, and grew up in Atlanta, where he graduated from St. Pius X Catholic High School ...