Richard Armitage (naval officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Armitage (naval officer)

American politician

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1945

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Richard Lee Armitage (born April 26, 1945) is an American former naval officer who served three combat tours of duty in the Vietnam War as an advisor in contexts of riverine warfare.
This experience and his acquired fluency in Vietnamese made him useful to the United States Foreign Service after the war.
A Republican, he was appointed the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005 under President George W.
Bush. Although Armitage was widely credited for a successful tenure as Deputy Secretary of State for Secretary Colin Powell, his tenure at State became overshadowed by allegations that he leaked classified information after Armitage acknowledged that he released information that Valerie Plame Wilson worked for the CIA, triggering the Plame affair.
His defense that it was inadvertent during an interrogational press interview was accepted.
After leaving the government service, Armitage went into the private sector.
He serves on the board of directors for Caliburn International, a military contractor that oversees operations for Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children.