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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage stories: 5 news summaries
OPINION

 Libby Deserves 
 Bush Pardon 

Conviction a 'miscarriage of justice,' writes Fred Barnes

Jan 16, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - “Simple justice” should compel President Bush to pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. “Libby has either been punished far too severely for a very small offense,” writes Barnes “or he is an innocent man.” Libby was convicted of perjury... More »

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CIA • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • Tim Russert • felon • George W. Bush • Richard Armitage

Court Tosses Lawsuit Over CIA Leak

It uphholds dismissal of Plame's case against Cheney, others

Aug 12, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court today threw out former CIA spy Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Dick Cheney and a group of former Bush White House officials for leaking her identity to the public. The court ruled that Cheney, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, and former State Department official Richard Armitage were acting... More »

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Bush administration • Valerie Plame • Joseph Wilson • Karl Rove • CIA leak investigation • Lewis Scooter Libby • Richard Armitage • Plamegate

Contrast in Defense Chiefs:
Blunt Vet vs. Rhodes Scholar

How Obama and McCain's potential Pentagon leaders stack up

Jun 25, 08 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - How would a McCain Pentagon differ from Obama's? NPR sits own with two potential defense chiefs and finds common ground in their praise of Robert Gates' reforms but big differences in their approach to Iraq and in their own styles. Richard Armitage is an earthy McCain adviser and Vietnam vet... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • John McCain • Pentagon • Richard Armitage • Richard Danzig

OPINION

Dems' Prints All Over McClellan's 'Bitter Retort'

Leak account has Novak wondering who really wrote book

Jun 2, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scott McClellan's treatment of the Valerie Plame leak case has a key player wondering who really guided the former press secretary’s pen. "His robotic performances from the White House podium seemed only to disgorge what he had been told, and What Happened has the similar feel of someone... More »

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Valerie Plame • Joseph Wilson • Karl Rove • Robert Novak • Scott McClellan • George W. Bush • Richard Armitage

Iraq Profitable Business for Bush's Ex-Spies

Armitage, Tenet, Black cash in on outsourcing of intelligence

May 29, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Armitage rarely saw eye-to-eye with the Bush administration on the Iraq war, but these days he may be more sanguine. That’s because Armitage has profited handsomely from his own national security consulting firm, as well stakes in a dozen private defense and intelligence companies that do business with... More »

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intelligence spending • US intelligence • security contractors • George J. Tenet • Iraq contractors • Richard Armitage

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