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leep most of the way,” says Philippe Reines, her longtime press secretary, “she wouldn’t be able to function.” Some of her best road stories involve Holbrooke, her close friend, a maestro of diplomacy for more than four decades. (Holbrooke was meeting with Hillary in her office last December when he collaps
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was no wimp, only to set a date for a drawdown to show he was no warmonger. Marines EFTA_R1_02208993 EFTA02723186 died; few cared. He appointed Holbrooke as his point man only to ensure that he "never received the authority to do diplomacy." Obama's message to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan w

Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America

Hillary Clinton
PersonAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Saddam Hussein
PersonIraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician (1937–2006)

Kuwait
LocationSovereign state in Western Asia

Tehran
LocationCapital city of Iran

Vladimir Putin
Person2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000-2008, 2012-present), 7th and 11th Prime Minister of Russia (1999-2000, 2008-2012), Director of the Federal Security Service (1998-1999) and Deputy Mayor of Saint Petersburg (1994-1996)

Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Benjamin Netanyahu
PersonPrime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; since 2022)

Lebanon
LocationCountry in West Asia

Damascus
LocationCapital and largest city of Syria

Kabul
LocationCapital and the largest city of Afghanistan

North Korea
LocationSovereign state in East Asia

Rwanda
LocationCountry in East Africa

Richard Holbrooke
PersonAmerican diplomat (1941-2010)

The New York Times
OrganizationAmerican daily newspaper (founded 1851)

Bashar al-Assad
PersonPresident of Syria from 2000 to 2024

White House
OrganizationOfficial residence and office of the President of the United States

Kazakhstan
LocationSovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Muammar Gaddafi
PersonLeader of Libya from 1969 to 2011