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Hi Tx-

Looks like our man DICK was just appointed to the Conoco board. That's a nice cushy board seat.

http://www.conocophillips.com/newsroom/news_releases/2006+News+Releases/033106_B_Three_New_Directors_Named_to_ConocoPhillips_Board.htm

HOUSTON, March 31, 2006 --- The board of directors of ConocoPhillips has elected Richard L. Armitage, Bobby S. Shackouls and William E. Wade Jr. as new outside directors. This increases the total number of ConocoPhillips directors to 18, of which 17 are outside directors.

Armitage, 60, is president of Armitage International. From 2001 to 2005, he served as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Previously, he was president of Armitage Associates, a worldwide business and public policy firm. Mr. Armitage has served the United States in a number of diplomatic positions, including Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East, Special Emissary to Jordan’s King Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War, and Ambassador, directing U.S. assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. In addition, he has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Mr. Armitage has received numerous U.S. and foreign decorations and service awards, including the Department of State Distinguished Service Award and the Presidential Citizens Medal.

Why do I feel like I need a shower after reading this?

Cheers - Dinah

From Sourcewatch.org
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Armitage

"Armitage, considered to be a conservative "neo con" (neo-conservative), is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[1] (http://www.foreignpolicy2000.org/convention/) He is one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, Project for the New American Century PNAC letter (http://theindependentvoice.tripod.com/theindependentvoice/index.blog?entry_id=417960) to President William Jefferson Clinton.[2] (http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/special_reports/pnacletter.html) He is also a former board member for CACI International, the private military contractor, which "is being investigated by no less than 5 US agencies for possible contract violations" and "employed four interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison" in Iraq, one of whom was singled out by General Taguba in his report on abuses of Iraqi detainees at the prison.[3] (http://counterpunch.org/palmer06152004.html)

"Most recently, Richard Armitage was the President of Armitage Associates. Previously, he served with the rank of Ambassador as the Coordinator for Technical and Humanitarian Assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. President George Herbert Walker Bush appointed him as a Presidential Special Negotiator for the Philippines Military Base Agreement, a Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East and as a Special Emissary to Jordan during the 1991 Gulf War. In addition, Richard served in the Pentagon as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and then completed four tours of duty in Vietnam."[4] (http://www.results.gov/leadership/bio_16.html)

"Richard Armitage, one of the Iran-Contra plotters, was a board member of Database Technologies (DBT)/ChoicePoint Inc before taking office under George Bush Jr. ... Choicepoint is a partner of data mining company SAIC whose web site proclaims it has "developed a strategic alliance with ChoicePoint Incorporated to provide our clients with quick and effortless information retrieval from public records data. ChoicePoint Incorporated maintains thousands of gigabytes of public records data.""[5] (http://www.counterpunch.org/solo10012003.html)

"In the 1980 Reagan campaign Mr. Armitage was senior advisor to the Interim Foreign Policy Advisory Board, which prepared the President-Elect for major international policy issues confronting the new administration. From 1981 until June 1983 Mr. Armitage was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense." [6] (http://www.ifpafletcherconference.com/army2000/bios/armitage_rt.htm)

"Armitage, who was denied a 1989 appointment as Assistant Secretary of State because of links to Iran-Contra and other scandals, served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Reagan years. U.S. Government stipulations in the Oliver North trial specifically named Armitage as one of the DoD officials responsible for illegal transfers of weapons to Iran and the Contras." [7] (http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/politics/armitage_SS.html)