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Howard Berman: “What I would love to do here on the House floor, because I think in a way it might best illustrate what I could say…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2010
What I would love to do here on the House floor, because I think in a way it might best illustrate what I could say about his talents, was just to speak to the details of six or seven interventions and times that I dealt with him on a particular project over the years, but I feel like I would be bringing WikiLeaks to the House floor were I to go through all of those. So I will restrain myself just to say he truly was one of a kind. We will miss his brilliance, his energy, his ability to play chess, to see the long term and the unbelievable force of his personality.
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Howard Berman
California
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Dec 17, 2010

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Speaker Berman reflects on the accomplishments and unique qualities of Ambassador Holbrooke.

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