Richard Armitage (government official)
Richard Lee Armitage is an American former diplomat and government official. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Armitage served as a U.S. Navy officer in three combat tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a riverine warfare advisor. After leaving active duty, he served in a number of civil-service roles under Republican administrations. He worked as an aide to Senator Bob Dole before serving in various posts in the Defense Department and State Department.
Richard Armitage (government official)
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson meet in 2002
Armitage with President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, August 6, 2003
Presidency of George W. Bush
George W. Bush's tenure as the 43rd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2001, and ended on January 20, 2009. Bush, a Republican from Texas, took office following his narrow Electoral College victory over Democratic incumbent vice president Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, in which he lost the popular vote to Gore by 543,895 votes. Four years later, in the 2004 presidential election, he narrowly defeated Democrat nominee John Kerry, to win re-election. Bush served two terms and was succeeded by Democrat Barack Obama, who won the 2008 presidential election. Bush is the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush.
Presidency of George W. Bush
Outgoing President Bill Clinton and President-elect George W. Bush in the Oval Office on December 19, 2000
President George W. Bush and his cabinet in 2008
Bush appointed John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States