Remarks by President Obama at Memorial Service for Richard Holbrooke

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2011 – 3:33 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT:  To Kati, Anthony, David and Elizabeth, to all the friends and admirers of Richard, we come together to celebrate an extraordinary life.

In 1999, at the height of the crisis in Kosovo, Richard gave an interview in which he addressed the question of why the United States was engaged in bringing peace to that war-torn corner of the world.  Why bother?  His answer was simple: …