PEJMAN YOUSEFZADEH: The Obama Administration, Richard Holbrooke, and AfPak Policy Chaos. “My respect for the late Richard Holbrooke notwithstanding, I certainly don’t think that his work and judgments on AfPak policy have been infallible. In fact, at one point, I actually called for him to resign. But perhaps I might have reconsidered my call, if I had known that from the outset, despite his supposedly special position in the State Department, and despite the importance of getting AfPak policy right, Richard Holbrooke received little support from the Obama White House in his endeavors.”