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That expression has been gradually shed as Richard Holbrooke recedes from memory. I suppose it is the prerogative of the powerful to blandish daily improvisations as carefully crafted, deeply thought out foreign policy. Put it down to my inadequate...
Kati Marton, widow of the late U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, speaks during a memorial service for her husband at the American Academy in Berlin April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time U.S. diplomat, most recently served as U.S. President Barack... View Photo »
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Can't name his rank or ranks or bases stationed at. Can't name his tours of duty. Billo is a VALOUR THIEF! Also a spokesman for Orkin as they saved his wooden leg from termites! Santorum voted for Sonia Sotomayor, Circuit Judge. Voted for Richard Paez...
That was probably smart. By then, Malcolm had established a reputation as fierce debater. But just to be sure The Nation had stacked the deck by purchasing 250 tickets for members of the Nation of Islam. And so Malcolm held forth alone, and then...
The article, by Katharine Pierce, was first written for a religious studies class and caught the eye of the student paper's editor, Richard Holbrooke. Mr Holbrooke went on to become a leading U.S. diplomat, serving as U.S. Ambassador to Germany soon...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) talks with Kati Marton (2nd R) wife of the late U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, in front of a wall of photographs of Holbrooke, prior to a memorial service for him at the American Academy in Berlin... View Photo »
The effect on Karzai’s standing and reputation has been enormous ... Excuses were made, but none justified his open disregard for justice.
The article by Katharine Pierce, a young student at Pembroke College, then the women’s college at Brown, was first written for a religious studies class. It caught the eye of the student paper’s editor, Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke would become a...
Brown by an article about the growing Black Muslim movement published in the Brown Daily Herald. The article by Katharine Pierce, a student at Pembroke College, then the women's college at Brown, was first written for a religious studies class. It...
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (born April 24, 1941), Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Obama administration, is a top-ranking American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. He is also the only person to have held the Assistant Secretary of State position for two... Full Article
BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs after speaking at a memorial event for late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin on April 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Clinton is in Berlin to participate in the current informal...
View Photo »Kati Marton (R), widow of the late US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, shows to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) a photograph of featuring Richard Holbrooke with US actor Robert De Niro prior to a memorial service for Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, April...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) talks with Kati Marton (R), wife of the late US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, in front of a wall of photographs of him, prior to a memorial service for Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) talks with Kati Marton (2nd R), wife of the late US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, in front of a wall of photographs of him, prior to a memorial service for Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) arrives for a memorial service for veteran diplomat US Richard Holbrooke, who died late last year, alongside Gary Smith (R), Executive Director of the American Academy, at the Academy in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time US...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: (From L to R) Gary Smith, American Academy in Berlin Executive Director, American Academy in Berlin Vice Chair Gahl Burt, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Kati Marton, widow of Richard Holbrooke, and High Representative of the European Commission...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Kati Marton, widow of Richard Holbrooke, arrive at a memorial event for late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy on April 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Holbrooke founded the American Academy...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and American Academy in Berlin Vice Chair Gahl Burt arrive a memorial event for late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy on April 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Holbrooke founded the American...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and High Representative of the European Commission Lady Catherine Ashton sign a book of condolences as American Academy in Berlin Vice Chair Gahl Burt looks on at a memorial event for late U.S. diplomat Richard...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) embraces High Representative of the European Commission Lady Catherine Ashton at a memorial event for late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy on April 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Holbrooke...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a memorial service for former US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time US diplomat, most recently served as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) greets the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton prior to a memorial service for late US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a...
View Photo »Kati Marton (R) widow of the late U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, shows to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) a photograph of featuring her husband with U.S. actor Robert De Niro prior to a memorial service for Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin April 15, 2011.
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, from left, greet each others prior to a memorial service for late US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time US...
View Photo »U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits alongside Kati Marton (2nd L) widow of the late veteran diplomat US Richard Holbrooke, during a memorial service for Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time U.S. diplomat, most recently served as US...
View Photo »Gahl Hodges Burt, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Kati Marton, wife of the late US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, from left, are engaged in conversation in front of a wall of photographs of Holbrooke prior to a memorial...
View Photo »U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signs a guest book prior to a memorial service for late U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time U.S. diplomat, most recently served as U.S. President Barack...
View Photo »US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signs a guest book prior to a memorial service for US veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who died late last year, at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2011. Holbrooke, a long-time US diplomat, most recently served as US President...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: A portrait photograph of late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke stands next to a book of condolences at the American Academy in Berlin during a memorial event for Holbrooke on April 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Holbrooke founded the American Academy in Berlin...
View Photo »U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves as she exits with Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai after Clinton delivered the inaugural Richard C. Holbrooke address at New York's Asia Society February 18, 2011. Clinton said that Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents cannot outlast...
View Photo »U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen through a reporter's video camera as she speaks at the inaugural Richard C. Holbrooke address at New York's Asia Society February 18, 2011. The United States is mounting a "diplomatic surge" to end the war in Afghanistan even as military...
View Photo »U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the inaugural Richard C. Holbrooke address at New York's Asia Society February 18, 2011. The United States is mounting a "diplomatic surge" to end the war in Afghanistan even as military pressure is forcing Taliban insurgents to consider...
View Photo »U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a tribute in memory of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at the Asia Society on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 in New York.
View Photo »The new U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman, left, listens to Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, March 7, 2011. Grossman met with the Pakistani prime minister in Islamabad on Monday during his first...
View Photo »The new U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman, center, talks with Pakistan's Law Minister Baber Awan, right, and Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, left, prior to his meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, March 7, 2011. Grossman met...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 15: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs after speaking at a memorial event for late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the American Academy in Berlin on April 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Clinton is in Berlin to participate in the current informal...
View Photo »Maybe I can hold your hat hostage
The effect on Karzai’s standing and reputation has been enormous ... Excuses were made, but none justified his open disregard for justice.
That creates a dependency culture ... I saw that when I was a young diplomat in Vietnam. I’ve seen that in other parts of the world.
