Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage
Richard Crispin Armitageis an English film, television, theatre and voice actor. He became an overnight sensation in his native England with his first leading role as John Thornton in the British television programme North & South. But it was his role as dwarf prince and leader Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit that first brought him international recognition. Other notable roles include John Proctor in Yaël Farber’s stage production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Francis...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 August 1971
CityHuncote, England
CountryUnited States of America
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I did mega-training with ex-military men. I'd be in the gym for two hours after a 12-hour day on Spooks, and it was so hardcore I'd throw up. I stuffed myself with food and drank protein shakes to bulk up. I used to be a dancer, but I had to strap my weak ankles every day and strengthen my wrists so I could hold a machine gun. My body just wasn't up to it.
The inspectors also found Iraq had developed effective means for dispersing these materials: unmanned aerial vehicles, spray devices, special munitions. We don't know where any of it is. And the last 60 days of new inspections have turned up no additional information that could allay any concerns about this military capability.
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.
The campaign against terrorism is going to be global and it's going to be long and there's reason to expect there will be difficulties along the way.
didn't get what information that did exist out to the public.
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.
I very much appreciate and support the prime minister's statement,
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.
North Korea is one of the major proliferators and it appears that they are busy proliferating again,
The terrible bombing here in Riyadh today showed the wisdom of that decision.
I would be apoplectic if I was still in the Department of State and this had happened. It kind of shows a more lackadaisical attitude than I think is warranted because we do have a close relationship.
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,
On the question of whether we will have missile talks about missile defense with North Korea -- right now, we are not talking with them about anything, but I suspect in the near future we will,
looks to me like somehow the multinational force didn't stay on top of this.