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Dec 14, 2010 · Within days of taking office in January 2009, Mr Obama named Mr Holbrooke as his special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mr Holbrooke had argued that to be effective the job must cover ...
Sep 21, 2009 · Afghanistan and Pakistan now constituted a single theatre of war, Holbrooke wrote, where America would have an unavoidable interest long after the war in Iraq was history.
Dec 14, 2010 · Leaders in the US and elsewhere have paid tribute to veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, who has died aged 69.
May 3, 2019 · The late diplomat possessed heroic talents, achieved feats of strength and rose high. But his own flaws undid him. Holbrooke’s early promise propelled a rapid ascent in his first Foreign Service ...
Dec 14, 2010 · Richard Holbrooke was a problem solver, not a diplomat’s diplomat. He never shied away from publicity or the press, making himself a favorite—and frank—background interview subject among ...
Dec 15, 2010 · In addition to his current work as special envoy on Afghanistan-Pakistan policy, Ambassador Holbrooke was perhaps best known for his central role in helping broker the 1995 Dayton Agreement following the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, as well as his leading role in resolving the multinational dispute over U.S. dues owed in arrears to the United Nations.
Dec 14, 2010 · Tributes flow in following the death of veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, after emergency surgery. ... The surprising history of the fork.
