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 |  Subject: Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke  Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:27 pm | |
| Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke.Still up for grabs, has NOT adopted YET
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| | Subject: Re: Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:05 am | |
| Found in http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Richard_C._HolbrookePresident George H. W. Bush once described Richard
Holbrooke as “the most persistent advocate I’ve ever run into.” Holbrooke is a
gifted diplomat and a ruthless negotiator with a knack for getting his way. He
brokered the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia, an accomplishment that some said deserved a Nobel
Peace Prize. Cohen, Roger New York Times, July 10, 2008 A New York Times reporter wrote “if you want
somebody to pull the trigger, or close a deal, think Holbrooke.” His 45 years of experience have made him a fixture of
the Democratic Party’s foreign policy establishment. When Russia invaded Georgia in August 2008, Holbrooke was one of the first
Americans to meet with Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili, an old friend.Cooper,
Helene, "Richard C. Holbrooke," New York Times, Nov.
19, 2008(3)Cooper, Helene, "Richard C. Holbrooke," New
York Times, Nov. 19, 2008But his intensity and big ego have alienated
colleagues, who say Holbrooke can be difficult to work with.Cooper, Helene, "Richard
C. Holbrooke," New York Times, Nov. 19, 2008(3)Cooper,
Helene, "Richard C. Holbrooke," New York Times, Nov.
19, 2008He was appointed as a special
envoy position to Afghanistan and Pakistan. His first order of business will be smoothing
relations between the two countries. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:19 am | |
| Excerpts from: http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Richard_C._Holbrooke - Quote :
- Path to Power
He joined the Foreign Service that year and served in Vietnam with Anthony Lake from 1963 through 1966.
He was then transferred to the White House, where he worked
with President Lyndon B. Johnson on Vietnam policy. He wrote a volume of the Pentagon Papers and attended the Vietnam peace talks in Paris…
Holbrooke moved to Morocco to serve as Peace Corps country director in 1970.
From 1972 through 1976, he was the editor of Foreign Policy magazine.
President Jimmy Carter appointed Holbrooke assistant
secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific in 1977. In that job, he helped normalize relations with China in December 1978.
After Carter lost re-election, Holbrooke entered the financial sector. He was a managing director of Lehman Brothers from 1985 through 1993. In 1993, Clinton appointed Holbrooke as U.S. ambassador to Germany.
Holbrooke was chief negotiator of the Dayton Peace Accords, a notoriously difficult agreement that ended the war in Bosnia. He was able to broker an agreement by earning the trust of Slobodan Milosevic, who said Holbrooke was his favorite
American.
March
22, 1999 The achievement earned Holbrooke a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
March 24, 2002 Holbrooke returned to the private sector as vice chairman of Credit Suisse First in Boston.
In 1998, Clinton nominated Holbrooke to the position of United Nations ambassador, but his confirmation was held up for 14 months by Republican lawmakers who questioned whether Holbrooke had done favors for Credit Suisse while he was still a government employee. The Justice Department launched an official investigation and Holbrooke eventually paid a $5,000 settlement, though he denied any rongdoing.
In 1999, Holbrooke was confirmed as U.N. ambassador.
He was an active and effective advocate, convincing the U.N. to cut U.S. administrative costs while persuading Congress to pay their back dues to the international body. He also arranged for Israel to join the U.N.'s Western European grouping after the Middle East grouping refused to accept the country.
Holbrooke supported Sen. Clinton(D-N.Y.) for president in the 2008 Democratic primaries, though he took great pains not to attack her rival, then-Sen. Barack Obama(D-Ill.).
When Obama won the nomination, Holbrooke agreed to advise him. But it was impossible to bring Holbrooke into Obama’s
inner circle, mainly because of his longtime rivalry with Obama’s top foreign policy aid Anthony Lake.
Clinton appointed Holbrooke to the position of special envoy
in January 2009, her second day in office. Kessler, Glenn,
Jan. 21,
2009 Two months into his job,
he was one of the first Americans to have contact with Iranian diplomat. | |
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