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Mr Holbrooke is respected, though not always liked (some consider him to be domineering).

Although Mr Holbrooke acknowledged that, what he did not mention was that the Croats were later backed by his own country.

"Holbrooke was a floodlight, " said the US official explaining the different approaches of the two diplomats. "Grossman is a laser" .

Holbrooke, speaking at a debate in Brussels, said the plan would push for a "very significant increase" in the numbers of police.

Consider the dilemma facing Richard Holbrooke in late 2000, when he was the U. S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Ambassador Holbrooke appeared to be sympathetic with Pakistan's concerns.

Holbrooke said the flooding is "a major international humanitarian crisis that the world must rally to. "

"To me, a strategic dialogue means that we talk about our basic core objectives, " Holbrooke told reporters March 19 in Washington.

The president also tapped former U. N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to be his envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Richard Holbrooke has had a running feud with Anthony Lake, one of Mr Obama's closest foreign-policy advisers.

In turn, Gen Eikenberry and Ann Patterson, the US ambassador to Pakistan, have had sharp differences with Mr Holbrooke.

"This was an act by a small ruthless minority, which is what the Taliban are, " said Richard Holbrooke.

I sent Dick Holbrooke back to see him one last time, but even Dick couldn't budge him.

Ambassador Holbrooke acknowledged there is confusion in the region over the U. S. military commitment to Afghanistan.

The country has been battered by 30 years of war, and the United States is committed to rebuilding it, Holbrooke said.

The trip, planned by Holbrooke and Pakistan specialist Vali Nasr, offered an unusually subtle itinerary for a U. S. diplomatic mission.

Among the issues Holbrooke will be exploring during his first engagement in the region will be expanding security in Afghanistan.

The secretary's speech was the first in a series of Richard Holbrooke Memorial addresses at the Asia Society.

As summer came, Dick Holbrooke was back in the region to try to find a diplomatic solution for the standoff.

And Mr. Holbrooke has served as President Barack Obama's point man on Afghanistan over the past two years.

Ambassador Holbrooke endorsed the August election timetable without commenting on the controversy over Mr. Karzai's presidential term.

Some of Mr Holbrooke's aides were in Beijing yesterday, ahead of Mr Obama's arrival on Sunday.

But Holbrooke will leave behind more than a formidable record as a prominent American diplomat.

Holbrooke's remarks came during a discussion with a group of journalists in Pakistan.

That is because Richard Holbrooke, the American diplomat who brokered the Dayton deal, is now America's special envoy for Afghanistan.

As an assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, Holbrooke, then 35, helped to normalize relations with China.

Since Holbrooke's death, his deputy Frank Ruggiero has served as the acting special representative.

The real enemy was the al-Qaeda leadership in Pakistan, Holbrooke would sometimes say privately.

Presumably this is one of the problems that Mr Holbrooke has been hired to solve. His brief is certainly daunting.

The Dayton peace accords, signed that December, sealed Mr Holbrooke's fame as a diplomat.

Mr. Holbrooke's death ends one of U. S. diplomacy's most decorated careers.

He appointed an envoy to South-West Asia (ie, Afghanistan and Pakistan): Richard Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat.

This has prompted rumours that the notoriously abrasive Mr Holbrooke has been told he is not welcome in Afghanistan.

Against a rising thrum from the narrow streets of the red-light district below, Mr Holbrooke asked: "What is the crisis of Pakistan? "

The attacks came shortly before a visit by Richard Holbrooke, Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

When Richard Holbrooke and his colleagues first visited China, its GDP barely topped $100 billion.

Indeed, the late Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke made a similar case to the Chinese in Beijing.

Clinton announced during her remarks that Holbrooke will be succeeded by veteran diplomat Marc Grossman.

However Holbrooke and other American officials are now stressing the combat mission is not likely to end until 2014.

President Asif Zardari told Mr Holbrooke that Pakistan was fighting for its survival.

Mr. Karzai announced the agreement after meeting with U. S. envoy Richard Holbrooke.

In his memory, the New York Times reprinted an article Mr Holbrooke had written in 1999 about the Balkans.

Presumably this is one of the problems that Mr Holbrooke has been hired to solve.

Holbrooke had opposed the military escalation.

Holbrooke says despite some media reports there are no peace negotiations taking place with the Taliban.

Holbrooke, born in New York City on April 24, 1941, served under Presidents Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Carter, Bill Clinton and Obama.

Holbrooke and other U. S. officials have also been urging Americans to join the relief effort.

The Dining area inside the Holbrooke hotel.

Haris Silajdzic, a member of Bosnia's three-member presidency, took part in those talks and praised Richard Holbrooke's diplomatic skill.

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