difficult to overstate his career from vietnam to china to negotiating the end of the war in bosnia. talk from your perspective about what kind of diplomat richard holbrooke was. his significance in american modern history. he had a vision of america. he was the essence of the second half of 20th century america, america s a great power. america is the triumphant power of the cold war. america is the leader on the world stage and he had a great sense for human rights and justice. and, so, from his earliest times all the way through, he had a special place, he went to countries on his own expense, when he wasn t in office to try to look at the issues and work the issues that were around development and modernization and especially anything that impacted the way people are treated and the injustices in the world. i think he had a great heart and