Richard Holbrooke, the pugnacious career diplomat who brokered the Dayton peace accords in the Balkans, will probably get the Pakistan-Afghanistan portfolio.

• 好战的职业外交家理查德.；赫尔布鲁克曾经在巴尔干地区经营了代顿和平协议，他很可能将负责巴阿问题；