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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We're not out of the emergency yet. We're still in it.
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This tragedy in Kosovo has been a noble undertaking, ... Many foreigners, many Americans have said to me, 'Why is the United States bothering?' The answer is because we could make a difference and tried to make a difference.
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We don't want this in any way to affect our mission, ... I think you are going to see the international community prepare for a very strong and swift response against those responsible, and we all know who they are.
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We are running almost a year behind schedule on the civilian parts of the Dayton agreement,
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we are on the brink of military action.
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We are in a very grim situation, and everybody knows how serious it is. We are not anywhere near a point where everyone can be satisfied on either side.
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We are not learning anything here that isn't in previous accounts, ... But to be in the physical presence of the events, that is different. While we are trying to forge a peace, we need to remember what brought us here.
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We are not learning anything here that isn't in previous accounts,
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We want to change it from a New York institution with regional branches into a global institution with a New York headquarters.
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We hope to make clear to president Milosevic and the people of Yugoslavia the extreme gravity of the situation,
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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,
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He faces two futures now -- to spend the rest of his life on the run or else he can defend himself in the International Court of The Hague.