March 16, 2008

Dick Holbrooke as Captain America?

Dan Drezner's at a high-powered conference in Brussels from where he relates this interesting tidbit concerning Richard Holbrooke:

I have it on good authority that, not only does the former UN ambassador believe that he'll be Secretary of State if either Clinton or Obama wins, he genjuinely thinks he'll have a comparable position if McCain wins.

16 Mar 2008 13:32:46 | 2008

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