AMERICA - Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Dead at 69

Regardless of what my readers may think of him, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is a "Statesmen Who Defined a Generation" (New York Times, by Richard Bernstein).

"'Statesman' Holbrooke Remembered as Major Afghan Challenges Loom"
PBS Newshour 12/14/2010

ALSO

"Holbrooke's Life Reveals Complexities of Diplomacy in a Changing World" PBS Newshour 12/14/2010 (includes video)