Holbrooke brushes off suggestion he's lost President Obama's confidence

Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, on Sunday brushed off a report suggesting he might no longer have the president's confidence.

Earlier this month in the New Yorker, George Packer wrote, "Richard Holbrooke, the Administration’s special representative for the region, lost Karzai’s confidence a while ago, and it’s not clear that he still has Obama’s. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates remain closely allied with each other, their subordinates, and the White House, but wars are won or lost in the field, not at headquarters."

On CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Holbrooke was asked if President Obama returned his calls.

"The president returns my calls," Holbrooke said. "I don't believe in my whole life I've actually placed a call to a president. But the president and I talk — I participate in his whole policy review.  I was — I was privileged to be part of the last one. I look forward to the next one.

"He has sought me out individually for my private views," Holbrooke continued. "My direct line of command is to the secretary of State. And Hillary and I speak with each other almost every day. And she and I work closely together with the White House. So I don't know what that's about."

Holbrooke added that he didn't see any of the discord in this White House that he'd seen in previous administrations. "The relationships are extraordinarily good at the highest levels," he said.