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Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as the spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73.