U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday named former United Nations Ambassador Richard Holbrooke as his special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Here are some facts about Holbrooke:* Holbrooke, 67, is the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement which ended the war in Bosnia.
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