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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there is no change in (the American) position in the sense there is a clear disagreement between the Russian government and NATO. But that does not mean we cannot still continue close contacts.
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He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.
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We have agreed with President Milosevic on a ground verification program augmented with an important aerial verification program.
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will emerge from his conversations with Secretary Albright.
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Three hundred thousand people dead and 2.5 million homeless, all because of Slobodan Milosevic.
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We are where we were earlier in the day, we're where we were yesterday,
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It is enshrined in the Dayton Peace Accords, but he never intended to comply with it, ... He never imagined he would end up where he is today.
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I think this is a ridiculous outcome, ... These people are innocent and they should be freed immediately. They are not spies.
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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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We hope to bring the parties back to the negotiating table, ... but the hope to avoid war is very small.
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the U.N. inspectors had told the American military this was a major depot. ... I don't know what happened. I do know one thing -- in most administrations the buck stops in the Oval Office.
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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.
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This is literally the first time in five years of them acknowledging anything that Clinton did. Until now the U.S. has been so completely withdrawn that we have lost a lot of time.
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The key to this is prevention, ... People must know their status, they must be tested.