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Dec 14, 2010 · Richard Holbrooke's legacy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. 14 December 2010. US diplomat Richard Holbrooke was engaged with sorting out Afghanistan's problems when he died. His robust style did not ...
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world ( Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). From 1993 to 1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
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Dec 14, 2010 · Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, who helped shape American foreign policy from the Vietnam War to the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including brokering the 1995 accord that ended the war in ...
Aug 14, 2013 · Journalist Kati Marton, Holbrooke’s wife for the last 15 years of his life, says he thought America’s “relationship with Pakistan was the most complicated, the most frustrating, the most fraught and the most dangerous. Richard and I never went for a walk in the park without him either getting a call from Pakistan or making a call to Pakistan.
Dec 20, 2011 · From 1999-2001, he served as the U.S.'s Chief Representative to the UN. In 2002, he became Chairman of the Board at the Asia Society. And then, when President Barack Obama took office, he was given the most challenging assignment of his career: deal with the disaster that was building in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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 ...
Aug 15, 2013 · By the time he spoke those words, hopes for Holbrooke producing quick results in Afghanistan were already evaporating. Holbrooke died in December from medical complications. “It was a hard fit for Richard Holbrooke,” according to David Corn, the Washington Bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine. “He just never found his footing in the ...
