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The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State who is responsible for Foreign Affairs.
The position was created in 1972
The current Deputy Secretary of State is Richard Armitage, under Colin Powell. However, please note: President George W. Bush announced 7 January 2005 that he is nominating U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick to be the deputy to Dr. Condoleezza Rice when she takes office as Secretary of State after confirmation hearings end.
List of Deputy Secretaries of state:
John N. Irwin II, New York, July 13 1972 - February 1 1973
Kenneth Rush, New York, February 2 1973 - May 29 1974
Robert S. Ingersoll, Illinois, July 10 1974 - March 31 1976
Charles W. Robinson, California, April 9 1976 - January 20 1977
Warren Christopher, California, February 26 1977 - January 16 1981
William P. Clark, California, February 25 1981 - February 9 1982
Walter John Stoessel Jr., California, February 11 1982 - September 22 1982
Kenneth W. Dam, Illinois, September 23 1982 - June 15 1985
John C. Whitehead, New Jersey, July 9 1985 - January 20 1989
Lawrence Eagleburger, Florida, January 20 1989- August 19 1992
Clifton R Wharton Jr., New York, January 27 1993 - November 81993
Strobe Talbott, Ohio, February 23 1994 - January 19 2001
Richard Armitage, Virginia, March 262001
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