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Deputy Secretary of State Armitage Quits -Official
Reuters ^
| November 16, 2004
Posted on 11/16/2004 10:23:38 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has resigned as expected a day after his boss and close friend, Colin Powell, announced he was stepping down, a State Department official said on Tuesday.
Armitage, a barrel-chested former Navy officer who closely managed the day-to-day operations of the State Department's worldwide bureaucracy, tendered his resignation to Powell on Monday, the official said.
"He came in with the secretary and is leaving with him," said the official, who asked not to be identified.
Armitage was respected among diplomats and lawmakers for his candor. He was always expected to leave at the same time as Powell because of his fierce loyalty to him.
The top U.S. diplomat announced his own resignation on Monday and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is set to be named to replace him.
"I don't think she has decided on her deputy yet," the official said.
With moderates Powell and Armitage leaving and President Bush poised to elevate Rice, a close confidante who often sided with the administration's hawks, U.S. diplomacy may become more hard-edged, political analysts say.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armitage; cleaninghouse; condirice; condoleezzarice; napalminthemorning; powell; resign; resignations; rice; richardarmitage; statedepartment; wot
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To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:26:39 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(PRAY FOR POWERS EQUAL TO THE TASKS)
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:27:05 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:27:13 AM PST
by
PianoMan
(Top priority for the new government - STOP SPECTER)
To: West Coast Conservative
He can go help Iran and its wonderful "democracy".
To: West Coast Conservative
The CIA's new director is starting to clean out that colossal mess, and it looks like the State Dept. is next.
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:29:02 AM PST
by
xJones
To: West Coast Conservative
I know this is wrong, but every time I see Armitage I can't help but picture this in my head:
I need help.
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:29:23 AM PST
by
AreaMan
To: West Coast Conservative
Adios...don't go away mad.
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:30:00 AM PST
by
dinok
To: West Coast Conservative
To: West Coast Conservative
Armitage was respected among diplomats and lawmakers for his candor.Oxymoron alert! Candor? In a diplomat? LOL
Prairie
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posted on
11/16/2004 10:57:29 AM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
To: AreaMan
I need help.You are in my prayers.
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posted on
11/16/2004 11:17:07 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: AreaMan
I see what you mean..
To: No Blue States
Every time I see Armitage, I think of Uncle Fester.
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posted on
11/16/2004 11:26:23 AM PST
by
PilloryHillary
(Thank God that President Bush is in the White House for 4 more years!)
To: West Coast Conservative
Another one bites the dust!
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posted on
11/16/2004 11:45:20 AM PST
by
Choose Ye This Day
(New DNC political slogan to win back red states: "Vote for us, you stupid morons!")
To: johnfkerrysucks
Where is Pugsly?
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
11/16/2004 11:47:42 AM PST
by
DoctorZIn
(Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
To: AreaMan
"I need help/Curly for President"
The cure will be for Armitage to assume the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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posted on
11/16/2004 12:06:45 PM PST
by
stefanbc
(Drain the swamp: CIA, State, FCC.......suggestions??)
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
11/16/2004 12:50:33 PM PST
by
Tennessean4Bush
(An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds, a pessimist fears this is true.)
"I keep trying to think but nothing happens!"
-- Armitrage motto at State --
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posted on
11/16/2004 1:13:17 PM PST
by
StAnDeliver
(....Zogby has Kerry with 311 electoral votes....exit polls show Virginia too close to call...)
To: West Coast Conservative
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