[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1770 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1770

Honoring the passing of the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke, 
    a top ranking United States diplomat, magazine editor, author, 
        professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2010

 Mr. Turner submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the passing of the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke, 
    a top ranking United States diplomat, magazine editor, author, 
        professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker.

Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke succeeded in bringing 
        resolution to many difficult assignments over a career that spanned 
        continents and decades;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke began his diplomatic work 
        as a young Foreign Service officer in Vietnam in 1962 and ended it 
        serving as the President's Special Representative to Afghanistan and 
        Pakistan, serving 5 different presidential administrations in every 
        corner of the globe;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was the only person to 
        have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for 2 different 
        regions of the world, Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 
        1996;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke had one of the most 
        distinguished diplomatic careers in the Nation's history and served as a 
        strong advocate for United States national security interests in Asia, 
        Europe, and the Middle East;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was a skilled United 
        States diplomat who forged a historic deal to end Europe's bloodiest 
        conflict since World War II;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke is best known as the 
        chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, the peace treaty that 
        ended the Balkans War that threatened to destabilize Europe and resulted 
        in the death of approximately 250,000 people, and the displacement of 
        more than 2,000,000 men, women, and children;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was awarded the Dayton 
        Peace Prize in 2005 crediting his success in part to the support he 
        received from the citizens of Dayton for helping move forward the 
        negotiations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke's passing on December 13, 
        2010, came almost 15 years to the day after the December 14, 1995, 
        signing of the Dayton Peace Accords that bears his indelible imprint;
Whereas the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke will be remembered for 
        his forceful personality, command of the facts, brilliance, wit, and 
        skill that amazed and at times intimidated both friends and opponents at 
        the negotiating table; and
Whereas with the passing of the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke, the 
        United States has lost an outstanding diplomat and public servant: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the passing of the Honorable Richard Charles 
        Albert Holbrooke, a distinguished diplomat and public servant; 
        and
            (2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of 
        the Honorable Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke.
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