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
brought decision force people political terms uniform
People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.
define
In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.
commend difference gift meant money people
People give money all the time, and I commend them for it, but you have to go a long way to find a gift that meant as much difference as this one.
efforts generals greater inquiry internal openness result
The Indonesian generals should know that their own efforts to thwart internal accountability and openness and inquiry are only going to result in greater pressure,
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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,
everywhere gets minister passionate tested travels
I'm passionate about this. He's probably the most tested person in the world. Everywhere he travels he gets tested, preferably with the Minister of Health!
bringing diplomatic grim information job observers terrific
It was a grim briefing. U.S. diplomatic observers are doing a terrific job bringing us information, and the information is not good.
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I'm sorry I'm unable to go into any details at all-- you'll understand why, ... I can only say that we remain on an intense effort to find a peaceful and satisfactory outcome to what can only be called an emergency while in another part of Europe -- Brussels -- NATO continues to move in a very different form.
clinton five literally lost time until withdrawn
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 Until now the U.S. has been so completely withdrawn that we have lost a lot of time.
associates came cell crimes ended exposed forward including justice life powerful rough witnesses
A rough kind of justice has ended his life in a padded cell after his crimes were exposed and witnesses came forward including his own associates and that, I think, had a powerful effect.
collapse process week
The OAU process got stalled in Algiers about a week ago .... It didn't collapse so much as it was suspended without progress.
general process
there's a general sense at the U.N. that process is what this place is all about.
dealt military paying
The Indonesian military is still paying these people, still encouraging them, ... These are real thugs, and they have to be dealt with.
fixing mistakes
fixing some of the mistakes we couldn't fix at Dayton.