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Richard Holbrooke stories: 22 news summaries

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 Weak Afghan al-Qaeda 
 Calls Surge Into Question 

Whether Taliban will facilitate or shun terror group is up in the air

Oct 5, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The principal rationale for the original US invasion of Afghanistan was the elimination of an al-Qaeda safe haven. Almost a decade later, the terrorist group is much diminished there, as well as in Pakistan, prompting serious second thoughts within the administration about ramping up forces in the region. Aides to... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - President Obama's advisers are divided over the Pentagon's expected request for more troops to be deployed to Afghanistan, reports the New York Times. Joe Biden is leading the just-say-no camp, arguing that the mission in Pakistan is more important. The opposition includes envoy Richard Holbrooke, who says US troops are... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Robert Gates • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 US Envoy Gets Hot 
 With Karzai Over Fraud 

Source says Holbrooke meeting with Afghan prez was 'explosive,' 'dramatic bust-up'

Aug 27, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The top US envoy to Afghanistan held an “explosive” meeting with President Hamid Karzai last week, sources tell the BBC, with the “dramatic bust-up” focused on reports of election fraud. The meeting was held a day after the Aug. 20 election, before any results were released, but Richard... More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • runoff election • Richard Holbrooke • Afghanistan election

(Newser) - American military officials leading the NATO mission in Afghanistan told the Obama administration they need more troops to do their job, compounding Washington's headaches in the wake of an allegedly fraudulent presidential election. Support for the Afghan war is diving among Americans, and several US senators said this weekend that... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • troop levels • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • Richard Holbrooke

US Said to Press Secret Afghan Election Deal

Holbrooke allegedly talked to candidate about dropping out

Aug 7, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - With two weeks to go before the Afghanistan election, President Hamid Karzai is trying to cut a deal with a fellow Pashtun to help knock his main challenger out of the race. The Independent reports that American envoy Richard Holbrooke and the US ambassador have pushed for the deal, which... More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • Richard Holbrooke • Ashraf Ghani • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(Newser) - The US is changing tactics in its war against the Afghan opium trade, the AP reports. Rather than targeting crops for eradication, the US will focus on interdiction and alternative crop programs. A top administration official called eradication “a waste of money” that failed to divert “a single... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • heroin • drug trafficking • opium • drug trade • Richard Holbrooke • crop eradication

(Newser) - Revamped leadership in India and Pakistan and some behind-the-scenes encouragement from the US could lead to negotiations over the disputed Kashmir region, the New York Times reports. But while there are shimmers of hope, the relationship is still strained. “I am happy to meet you,” India’s PM... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • India • Kashmir • international relations • Asif Ali Zardari • Manmohan Singh • Richard Holbrooke

(Newser) - A bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan killed about 40 people today, Reuters reports. The attack, which occurred near the troubled Swat Valley, took place as Pakistani leaders urged visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke to ramp up US aid, notes the AP. Such attacks won't "deter the government... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • bombing • mosque • terrorist attack • Swat Valley • Richard Holbrooke

Stakes Massive Ahead of Obama Af-Pak Summit

Zardari, Karzai in DC
 as Taliban surge in crumbling Pakistan

May 6, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama begins two days of talks with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan today as his administration faces what may be its first foreign policy crisis: rising militancy in the Swat Valley that threatens to spread across the nuclear-armed nation. Obama and his team are expected to pressure Asif... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • Pakistan militants • Asif Ali Zardari • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke

US, Iran Have 'Cordial' Chat
in the Hague

Holbrooke, Iranian foreign minister will
'stay in touch': Clinton

Mar 31, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meeting in the Hague today, leading diplomats from the US and Iran had a “brief and cordial exchange,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. In the Netherlands for 70-country talks on Afghanistan, US envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and Iran’s deputy foreign minister plan to “stay... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • Hillary Clinton • The Hague • Richard Holbrooke • meeting • foreign minister

ANALYSIS

Gates Stakes His Claim Under a New President

Defense secretary earns Obama's trust on Afghanistan-Pakistan

Mar 31, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2008, under another president, Robert Gates spent 115 days traveling to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and 23 other countries. But this year, writes the New York Times, the defense secretary has been spending much more time in Washington. Gates, the only holdover from the Bush Cabinet, has slowly secured a... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Pakistan • Robert Gates • Department of Defense • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • Obama Cabinet

 US Envoys  
 Try to Defuse 
 Pakistan Crisis 

Obama administration holds talks as violence, protests continue

Mar 13, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is attempting to defuse the escalating political crisis in Pakistan, reports the New York Times, as the police continued to beat and arrest protesters marching to Islamabad. The American ambassador yesterday visited Nawaz Sharif, the former PM whose supporters have joined the lawyers movement in anti-government demonstrations. Later... More »

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Pakistan • Islamabad • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • protesters • Richard Holbrooke

(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • bureaucracy • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Dennis Ross • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • James Steinberg

(Newser) - Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, arrived in the region yesterday as waves of killings were washing over both countries, the BBC reports. While touring Pakistan’s volatile frontier region, a local official was killed by a roadside bomb. At the same time in... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bombing • Kabul • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama

 Afghan War 'Tougher 
 Than Iraq': Envoy 

'I have never seen anything like the mess we have inherited'

Feb 8, 09 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The fight to combat terrorism in Afghanistan is “going to be much tougher than Iraq,” President Obama’s envoy to Afghanistan predicted today. “It is going to be a long, difficult struggle,” Richard Holbrooke added while speaking in Munich. The comments come as two US soldiers... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • terrorism • David Petraeus • James Jones • Richard Holbrooke

Mitchell, Holbrooke Named Special Envoys 

Former senator gets Mideast portfolio; ex-ambassador Afghanistan and Pakistan

Jan 22, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama and newly minted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved quickly today to build the administration’s diplomatic efforts, naming George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke special envoys, Reuters reports; both appointments were expected. Former Sen. Mitchell will focus on facilitating peace talks between Israel and Palestine, while ex-UN ambassador... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Palestine • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • special envoy

 Team of Rivals Starting to Crack 

Separate visits to State Dept by Rice, Clinton suggest competition

Dec 9, 08 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Separate visits to the State Department by Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice yesterday suggest that the rift between Barack Obama’s two highest-level diplomats may not have healed, reports the AP. Rice, the incoming UN ambassador, bucked her former Clinton administration bosses to support Obama in the primaries. Now she’... More »

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Hillary Clinton • United Nations • State Department • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Richard Holbrooke

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 US Needs 
 Wake-Up Call 
 on Pakistan 

Patchwork approach has failed—time for a more holistic view

Dec 8, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Pacifying Pakistan could prove more difficult than democratizing Iraq, a hard reality that may be eased somewhat by a US special envoy, George Packer writes in the New Yorker. Packer, who backs the appointment of Richard Holbrooke, cautions that anything other than a holistic approach could spell trouble. “Years... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • counterterrorism • foreign policy • WMD • Richard Holbrooke

Jockeying for State Dept. Job Under Way

HIspanic groups push Richardson, but Kerry may have inside track

Nov 12, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama deliberates his Cabinet choices, the chorus of "Pick me! Pick me!" begins in earnest, with many eyes on Condoleezza Rice's chair, reports the Wall Street Journal. Hispanic groups are pushing for their own Bill Richardson, a former presidential rival who ultimately endorsed Obama. But... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • John Kerry • State Department • secretary of State • Richard Lugar • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama

Karadzic Blasts 'Witch Hunt,' Says US Wants to Kill Him

Ex-Bosnian leader claims he cut a deal with Washington

Aug 1, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic says he can't possibly get a fair trial at the Hague because a “media witch hunt” has already proclaimed him a war criminal, the BBC reports. In a document submitted to the war crimes tribunal, Karadzic cited “drastic irregularities” in his arrest and accused the US... More »

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Bosnia • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Muslim • assassination • Radovan Karadzic • Richard Holbrooke

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