Richard Holbrooke

Long-time U.S. ambassador Richard Holbrooke was appointed by Barack Obama to serve as his administration's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Holbrooke has worked as Assistant Secretary of State to both Asia and Europe, as an ambassador to Germany and the United Nations and as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of John Kerry and Hillary Rodham Clinton.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7846654.stm

On December 13, 2010, Holbrooke died after attempted heart surgery for a torn aorta. He was 69 years old. He left behind a long career serving the United States, particularly his diplomatic efforts during the Vietnam War, the 1990 Yugoslav War and the conflict against Al-Qaeda.http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/12/bernie_madoff_w.php

Dayton Peace Accords

From 1994 to 1996, Holbrooke was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian affairs. During that time, he went to Bosnia with a peace-keeping delegation and developed a somewhat close, first-name relationship with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. The two reportedly spent 11 hours eating dinner together at a hunting lodge near Belgrade.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7846654.stm

Holbrooke and then-Secretary of State Christopher eventually brokered peace between the Bosnian Serbs (represented by Milosevic) and Croats, who had been entangled in a war for three-and-a-half years. The peace accords were formally signed in Paris in December of 1995. Holbrooke wrote the book To End a War, chronicling his experience.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7846654.stm

AIG

In March 2009, amidst outrage over the discovery of millions of dollars of bonuses given to AIG executives, it was reported that Holbrooke had served on the AIG's board of directors during the time in early 2008 when the company was locking in their yearly bonuses. It remains unclear whether AIG's decision to actually grant the bonuses ever came before the directors board.http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/19/obama-envoy-holbrooke-served-aig-board-bonus-bonanza/