Charlie Rose with Richard Holbrooke, Richard Solomon, James Lilley & Winston Lord; Adam Moss (April 3, 2001)
Newshoggers (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
By Steve Hynd In an interview with the German press (Google translation here) which isn't going to help the Obama administration win friends and influence people at NATO, Richard Holbrooke is blaming the allies to push the "we're starting from scratch, not in the ninth year" BS the White House seems to think is good political framing. Holbrooke, special envoy...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Obama's Afghan plan left Afghans and Pakistanis with more questions than answers. Ahmed Rashid spoke with U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke about the region's biggest worries. No sooner had President Obama put his Afghan plan out there than his...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Obama envoy in Afghanistan derides as 'bullshit' a Guardian report that he wants install a 'high representative' in Kabul President Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke has denied a Guardian report that he is pushing for the establishment of a new post of "high representative" in Kabul, with sweeping powers over the Karzai government. Holbrooke...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Senior US diplomat Richard Holbrooke told German newspapers on Wednesday that he would welcome an increased German troop presence in Afghanistan. However, many German politicians are not convinced.
Irrefutable Proof ICTY Is Corrupt (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... genocide at Srebrenica, argues he entered into a secret immunity deal with former US peace envoy Richard Holbrooke on condition he disappeared from public life. Repeatedly denied Mr Holbrooke has repeatedly denied those claims and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has also ruled that even if such an agreement existed it would not limit the...
Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Bush administration -- remember? -- implemented an $800M counter-narcotics program in Afghanistan. It didn't work. It bombed. As NPR reported, "Earlier this year, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said that, this was the most wasteful and ineffective program he had...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
... said the government is increasingly sceptical of the U.S. plan and intends to raise the issue with Richard Holbrooke, U.S. President Barack Obama’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Continues > > Tags: Ahmed Quraishi , Benjamin Joffe-Walt , expansion of U.S. embassy in Islamabad , Pakistan , U.S. Marines , United States
Irrefutable Proof ICTY Is Corrupt (Free subscription) | yesterday
... genocide at Srebrenica, argues he entered into a secret immunity deal with former U.S. peace envoy Richard Holbrooke on condition he disappeared from public life. Holbrooke has repeatedly denied those claims and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has also ruled that even if such an agreement existed it would not limit the court’s jurisdiction....
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Obama’s Afghan plan left Afghans and Pakistanis with more questions than answers. Ahmed Rashid spoke with U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke about the region’s biggest worries. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-05/what-holbrooke-thinks/
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
... itself in an era of rampant corruption, to clean up corruption elsewhere. A worthy role for Richard Holbrooke, now the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, would be to root out flagrant financial mismanagement at the staff of AIG, where Holbrooke had served on the Board during the buildup of the recent financial bubble. The war industry itself, replete with powerful corporations...
The New York Review of Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Qaeda. There are many reasons for this silence. Strident Indian protests destroyed the chances of Richard Holbrooke adding Kashmir to his responsibilities as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Assuming the presidency, Obama inherited the Bush administration’s policy of building up India as a strategic American ally and counterweight to China in Asia. Encouraged by an...
JoHNBRoDiGaNDoTCoM (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... job to fix this mess since the West started this problem to begin with. Then yesterday he told Richard Holbrooke that he’ll need 15 years before Afghanistan can foot its own bill for the U.S. targeted Afghan security force build up of 400,000 officers. Is that a carrot being dangled in front of my nose? No, it’s the back of my hand because I’m about to slap a man. Let’s pull the plug...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Qaeda. There are many reasons for this silence. Strident Indian protests destroyed the chances of Richard Holbrooke adding Kashmir to his responsibilities as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Assuming the presidency, Obama inherited the Bush administration’s policy of building up India as a strategic American ally and counterweight to China in Asia. Encouraged by an affluent...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... that he should be immune from trial based on an alleged agreement with former UN ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Karadzic faces 11 charges, including genocide and murder, for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian genocide. In June, the ICTY said that Karadzic's trial was expected to conclude in early 2012. His trial is planned to be the tribunal's last.
Suzie-Q (Free subscription) | yesterday
... said the government is increasingly sceptical of the U.S. plan and intends to raise the issue with Richard Holbrooke, U.S. President Barack Obama’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Well, here we go again, the 2nd. largest embassy on the planet, only to be exceeded by “ Fortress America ” in Baghdad. I suppose that “suspicious” could be called a vast understatement,...
