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To: JohnM who wrote (61283)	4/23/2008 10:07:16 PM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 542175

I don't honestly recall where Holbrooke stood on using force in the Balkans before it actually happened in 1995. I was living in a self-contained bubble in Croatia in many ways from mid-1992 until spring 1995. It was a small, intense place. My general impression is that Holbrooke would be smart and prudent in advocating the use of force and three degrees beyond hyperactive in conducting diplomacy in a crisis. As one foreign service officer put it, the man is a force of nature.