Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrookewas an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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The Democratic Party is the party that has created . . .
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They're loaded for bear. They're all expecting tough negotiations. They talk peace, but they don't show the slightest readiness for compromise. I suppose you could say that's to be expected on the eve of talks like this, but we're really hunkering down.
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They're having a little bit of trouble getting their political act together,
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This place has been a mess for a long time, but a different kind of mess. The war was messy, the decade that preceded the war was messy, the history back to 1912 was messy ... and the task is immense,
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Are we satisfied? Of course not. There has been no change on the American position ... that Mr. Karadzic should present himself to The Hague for trial.
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As highly successful and secure Americans, they could have lived a comfortable life surrounded by their family and their many friends,
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As for the peace process, we will continue active negotiations in the next few days.
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The British Ambassador is coming this morning with us to Pristina for talks, representing his own government and, by extension, the whole Contact Group.
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Dayton is a demonstration that American leadership is indispensable. But leadership means cooperation with allies and pressure on adversaries. Neither rule was followed in Iraq , with disastrous consequences.
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This is a big step forward, ... The next set of steps is to talk to all the parties, get guarantees from them about the safety of the U.N. forces.
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It is a struggle of great historic consequence. Indonesia is one of the most important countries in the world, the world's third largest democracy,
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I think it's very important for all Americans, whether they opposed the war or supported to it, whether they are liberals or conservatives, Republicans, Democrat or independents, to be able to say with pride we won -- to embrace the victory -- even as we begin to discuss the very difficult decisions that lie ahead,
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I think it's quite clear that his nationalism contributed to the wars in the Balkans,
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I think that Ted Turner's offer ... provided us with the flexibility he had intended it to... This was not simply the case of a rich person giving money to build a building. It was money to change a situation,