Richard Holbrooke has been one of my most important touch points in Washington and has been a close friend, adviser, and in recent years -- a partner in sorting through and discussing in private some of America's biggest national security and foreign policy challenges.
He is very, very ill -- in critical condition at the moment -- after surgery to repair his aorta. My own father died of a ruptured aorta, and I find myself deeply distressed by the news just released.
Not Ready for Richard Holbrooke to Go (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/not-ready-for-richard-hol_b_795375.html)