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Kerry names veteran diplomat as new Afghan envoy

The Obama administration has tapped a veteran American diplomat to be the new U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Secretary of State John Kerry says he chose Ambassador James F. Dobbins because of his "deep and long-standing relationships in the region." Kerry called the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday to inform them of his decision. He praised Dobbins as one of America's "most accomplished diplomats." Dobbins replaces Marc Grossman, who took the job after Richard Holbrooke died in 2010. Dobbins raised the flag over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul when it reopened in 2001. He most recently has been serving as a director at the RAND Corporation....

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    WASHINGTON -- Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke received telephone calls from the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan as he recovered from lifesaving surgery, co...

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  1. Richard Holbrooke Dies at 69

    U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan dies after heart complications

  2. World Leaders Pay Tribute to Richard Holbrooke

    BRUSSELS -- World leaders on Tuesday praised Richard Holbrooke as the "Bulldozer" diplomat who engineered the end of Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II a...

  3. U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke Dies at 69 After Emergency Heart Surgery

    WASHINGTON -- Longtime U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan , died Monday after undergoing emergency heart s...

  4. Transcript: Richard Holbrooke on FNS

    Following is a transcribed excerpt from Fox News Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002.BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS: I'm Brit Hume in for Tony Snow, and this is Fox News Sunday.The debate ov...

  5. Transcript: Richard Holbrooke on 'Fox News Sunday'

    The following is a transcribed excerpt from "Fox News Sunday," Aug. 31, 2003.TONY SNOW, FOX NEWS: The Bush administration appears more open to the idea of accepting ...

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  7. Richard Holbrooke : Requiem for a Peacemaker

    Richard Holbrooke , who has just died at the age of 69, never became the diplomatic titan he always dreamed of being: But he was a real man for all that.There was al...

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