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Marc Grossman Inherits the Worst Job in the World from Richard Holbrooke

Richard Holbrooke's successor as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan takes office when a jihadist takeover in Pakistan is a possibility for the first time. Bruce Riedel on America's challenges in that nightmare scenario.

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Marc Grossman. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell / Getty Images)

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