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Inside Holbrooke's War With the White House

President Obama delivered a soaring eulogy for the late Richard Holbrooke today, calling him a "leading light" of U.S. diplomacy. But as Monday's Newsweek magazine reports, the president's warm remarks belie a far more complex relationship between the President and Holbrooke.

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President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton attend a memorial service for veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Jim Young / Reuters),© Jim Young / Reuters

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