December 13th, 2010
In the introduction to his memoir, “To End a War,” recounting the Bosnian negotiations that produced the Dayton Accords, Holbrooke wrote, “In an age when the media pays more attention to personalities than to issues, Americans may conclude that public service is either just another job, or a game played for personal advancement.” Holbrooke’s unrelenting ambition was sometimes mocked, but there was no questioning his commitment to public service.

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December 13th, 2010
the indomitable, exuberant and, at times, Machiavellian diplomat who brokered theUgg Boots Sale lasting 1995 Bosnian peace accords — died Monday night in Washington in the wake of emergency surgery for a burst aorta. The 69-year-old Holbrooke, who served as ambassador to the United Nations in the Clinton administration and was named by Barack Obama to the thankless (but vital) post of special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, became ill Friday in the midst of a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Holbrooke had been near the center of Democratic Party foreign policy Uggs since 1962, when he arrived in Saigon as a junior foreign service officer (Secretary of State Dean Rusk was the father of a high school friend). But his driving dream of becoming secretary of state was derailed by national politics (particularly the presidential defeats of Al Gore, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton) and probably the enemies he made because of his sometimes brusque manner. But rather than withdrawing from the fray, Holbrooke used every tool in his formidable arsenal to make the best of secondary jobs (ambassador to Germany in Bill Clinton’s first term) that he was given as consolation prizes.
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December 13th, 2010
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October 19th, 2010
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