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Dec 14, 2010 · US diplomat Richard Holbrooke was engaged with sorting out Afghanistan's problems when he died. His robust style did not always endear him to politicians in Afghanistan or Pakistan, argue BBC...
Feb 8, 2009 · Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke. Richard C. Holbrooke on a tank, in one of a series of family photos from Afghanistan in 2006, with his wife, Kati Marton. By Jodi Kantor.
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.
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.
PARTIAL TRANSCRPT. Excerpts from John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum event on March 4, 2010, with veteran American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, speaking with Graham Allison, the director of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Holbrooke died Monday, Dec. 13, at the age of 69.
Dec 14, 2010 · Richard Holbrooke, who spent much of his career interfacing with troubled spots around the world, most recently serving as the Obama administration’s point man on Afghanistan and Pakistan,...
Dec 14, 2010 · Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009 and a diplomatic troubleshooter who worked for every Democratic president since...
