US Envoy (Holbrooke) to Afghanistan, Pakistan in Critical Condition

[tekisui]

Source: VOA

Doctors operated on Holbrooke Saturday to fix a tear in his aorta, a key heart artery. U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says the 69-year-old diplomat has been joined by his family.

The veteran diplomat previously served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton peace accords that ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Holbrooke was hospitalized Friday after falling ill during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department in Washington.


more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Envoy-to-Afghanistan-Pakistan-in-Critical-Condition-111720044.html

[bigtree]

1. didn't know it was his heart

best wishes for the ambassador

[smokey nj]

2. I hope he'll be ok. My sister had surgery to repair an aortal dissection

in Feb. 2008. The surgery went well, but there were all sorts of complications after. She hasn't fully recovered but, thankfully, she's still with us.

[Politics_Guy25]

3. Terrible news

Dick is a great guy and has done tremendous good for 3 or 4 decades. Shocking news.

[NotThisTime]

4. Agreed, terrible news.... I am hopeful he can make a full recovery