Hillary Clinton on Managing One of the Legendary Egos of Washington

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(Fox News) - U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke arrived in Pakistan Monday for talks with government and civil leaders. Holbrooke is known around Washington as a man with a huge portfolio and a comparable ego — something even his new boss acknowledges.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked last week by Jodi Kantor of The New York Times how she could manage Holbrooke — given his reputation as "overbearing." Clinton's diplomatic response:

"Gee, I'd never heard that he could be any of those things. (Laughter) ... Obviously, you know, like any, you know, really focused and passionate person, occasionally he has to be, you know, brought down to earth and reined in so that he, you know, doesn't levitate or, you know, levitate the rest of us."