The Honorable Richard L. Armitage served as Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell from 2001-2005. His additional public service experience includes serving as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East, and Special Emissary to Jordan's King Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and has won numerous distinctions, including the Department of State Distinguished Service Award and the Presidential Citizens Medal.

In a telling presentation about the challenges of diplomacy and providing humanitarian aid, Armitage will discuss several examples of U.S. humanitarian assistance, detailing how such actions relate to both policy goals and our nature as a generous nation. He will specifically address both HIV/AIDS assistance and the Millennium Challenge Account, as well as traditional U.S. aid mechanisms, describing his own experiences as the coordinator for U.S. Assistance to the former Soviet Union.

Sponsored by Stanford in Government. Co-sponsored by The Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies, The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the International Relations Program, the Stanford Journal of International Relations, and the Stanford Roosevelt Society.