Richard Armitage, who as deputy to Secretary of State Colin Powell helped guide U.S. foreign policy during President George W. Bush's tumultuous first term and was a central figure in chapters of ...

Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage — who passed away this week at the age of 79 — was no ideologue. In fact, he couldn’t stand them. He was a realist, but his realism was not based on ...

James Mann is author of a series of books on U.S. foreign policy, including “Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet.” Most Americans never knew his name. He was not a regular on the ...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell dismissed as gossip and nonsense a published report that he had sent word to the White House he would not serve in a second Bush administration. "I don't ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday dismissed as "cheap shots" the criticism leveled at him and others in Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir. It was the latest volley ...