Obama 'praying' for top diplomat

US president Barack Obama said today he was praying for critically-ill diplomat Richard Holbrooke, calling him “a towering figure in American foreign policy”.

Obama 'praying' for top diplomat
Sun, 12 Dec, 2010 - 10:36

US president Barack Obama said today he was praying for critically-ill diplomat Richard Holbrooke, calling him “a towering figure in American foreign policy”.

Mr Holbrooke, 69, the president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in a critical condition after undergoing surgery on a torn aorta.

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