By Paul Richter

Officials in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have reacted uneasily to the appointment of Richard Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat nicknamed "the Bulldozer." According to RI President Ken Bacon, a former Pentagon official who knows Holbrooke from the Bosnian war era, "Holbrooke is good dealing with tough guys; he's had a lot of experience with corrupt governments, which here will be important as well."

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