Holbrooke Hopes For Less Irregularities in Afghan Runoff

Press Briefing by Bruce Riedel, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and ...
Mar 27, 2009 ... What is within the power of the United States and NATO to make the government less detached, .... There may be a runoff that would take it to October 2nd. ... We're going to fix all that, I hope. We're going to go to -- we're going to ... Is the U.S. ready for casualties, more Afghan casualties? ...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Press-B riefing-by-Bruce-Riedel-Ambassador-Richard-Holbroo ke-and-Michelle-Flournoy-on-the-New-Strategy-for-A fghanistan-and-Pakistan/

Jamal Dajani: Afghanistan: Fraud, Opium, and Taliban
Oct 23, 2009 ... Holbrooke said that we got Karzai to agree to the runoff "by the skin" of our teeth, by "this much ... election in Mexico and less to elections in Iran and Afghanistan. .... Hope he changes his mind before it's too late. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamal-dajani/afghani stan-fraud-opium-a_b_331468.html

Editorial - Mr. Karzai Relents - NYTimes.com
Oct 20, 2009 ... To ensure that the presidential runoff in Afghanistan is fair and credible, ... And there are less than three weeks before the Nov. ... The next Afghan government has no hope at all unless it is truly committed to ... to Mr. Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/opinion/21wed1.h tml

Richard Holbrooke: Bulldozer Stuck in the Mud by Kelley B. Vlahos ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... And for "Obama's War" in Afghanistan, Holbrooke reeked of the good ol' days – the ... 7 election runoff (which never happened). ... black hole for American resources with little hope of achieving anything of value. ... he now comes off as less confident, smaller, and seemingly prone to missteps and ...
http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2010/04/05/rich ard-holbrooke-bulldozer-stuck-in-the-mud/

How They Convinced Karzai | The New York Review of Books
Oct 23, 2009 ... Finally Karzai was awarded 49.7 percent of the vote—less than 50 percent. So according to the Afghan constitution a run-off with Abdullah, ... The hope is that it will be conducted more fairly than the August poll. ... them that others working the Afghan shift in the White House—Richard Holbrooke, ...
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2009/oct/23/h ow-they-convinced-karzai/

IRI in the News | International Republican Institute (IRI)
Dec 17, 2009 ... 10/23/2009. Holbrooke expects less trouble in new Afghan election .... Karzai challenger hopes for runoff. Bloomberg cites IRI Afghan Poll ...
http://www.iri.org/news-events-press-center/iri-ne ws/2009

Ground Zero Mosque is UNNECESSARY Provocation: Sarah Palin » Link ...
Jul 20, 2010 ... It has been nine years, thousands of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq have lost ... Holbrooke Hopes For Less Irregularities in Afghan Runoff ...
http://www.linkmuslims.com/ground-zero-mosque-is-u nnecessary-provocation-sarah-palin

In Afghanistan, Fighting Escalates as Election Nears | Online ...
Aug 13, 2009 ... There's quite a bit less presence in Kandahar. ... as Richard Holbrooke, special ambassador to this region, has said, ... There is, though, a good chance of a runoff, because Ashraf ... From Fear to Hope for Afghanistan ...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec09/afg han_08-13.html

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