रिचर्ड होलब्रूक

Quotes

• “I regret that we did not make a stronger effort to drop the name Republika Srpska. We underestimated the value to Pale of retaining their blood-soaked name. We may also have underestimated the strength of our negotiating hand on that day, when the bombing had resumed. In retrospect, I think we should have pushed Milosevic harder to change the name of the Bosnian Serb entity. Even if the effort failed, as Owen and Hill predicted, it would have been worth trying.”
• “The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to synergy … The U.N. by contrast is sterile, overly concerned with protocol, overly formal, filled with set-piece speeches. This is what the U.N. in theory is supposed to be but can't.”
• “You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”

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Key facts

President

Barack Obama

Preceded by

Position established

Succeeded by

Marc Grossman

Born

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke , ( 1941-04-24 ) April 24, 1941, New York City, U.S.

Died

December 13, 2010 (2010-12-13) (aged 69) , Washington, D.C., U.S.

Party

Democratic

Spouses

Larrine Sullivan ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) ​ Blythe Babyak ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1978 ) ​ Kati Marton ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 ) ​

Education

Brown University ( BA )

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