Sunday, December 12, 2010

Holbrooke critical after surgery for torn aorta

 Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan answers journalists' questions at a press conference at Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 18. The State Department said Saturday that Holbrooke is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, a special U.S. envoy on the Afghanistan war, remained in critical condition Sunday after surgery to fix a tear in the large artery that moves blood from the heart.


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