Richard Armitage
(American Politician)

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Richard Lee Armitage was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005.

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“This is not Afghanistan... When we approach the question of Iraq, we realize here is a country which has a resource. And it's obvious, it's oil. And it can bring in and does bring in a certain amount of revenue each year... $10, $15, even $18 billion... this is not a broke country.”

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“The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.”

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“the type of thing that gives us the enthusiasm that Iraqis are making a decision that they are going to have a future and they are going to be involved in all of the meaningful activities of the world.”

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“U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.”

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“I am cautiously optimistic that the process begun by the act of statesmanship by the prime minister of India could possibly lead to a step-by-step process that would eventually resolve all issues,”

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“The fact of the matter is people are dying. And whenever people die, when women and children and innocent noncombatants die for political purposes, one has to call that terrorism,”

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“From our point of view, the fact of the matter is that all violence has got to end.”

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“The confidence with which (the) president is moving forward seemed to indicate to me the extent to which there are tensions, and there are, they're manageable,”

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“This is not a problem that we can turn away from, ... We must be prepared to face it. We must not let the sensible reluctance to fight drive us into wishful thinking.”

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“looks to me like somehow the multinational force didn't stay on top of this.”

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