In this Oct. 18, 2010, file photo Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy. (AP)
Richard Holbrooke, the president's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, the State Department said Saturday.
Holbrooke's surgery at George Washington University Hospital was completed Saturday morning and his family is now with him, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said in a statement.
President Obama appointed Holbrooke, 69, special envoy in the early weeks of his administration. Holbrooke has since traveled frequently to Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as to other countries that are coordinating with the United States on policies toward both countries.
Holbrooke was assistant secretary of state and ambassador to Germany in the 1990s. The veteran diplomat is perhaps best known for helping broker the 1995 agreement that ended the war in Bosnia.
Holbrooke has been busy in recent months preparing an assessment of the Afghanistan government for Obama.
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