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U.S. President Obama meets with German Chancellor Merkel at the White ...
It�s a tremendous honour for Chancellor Angela Merkel to address the US Congress this week, considering she�ll be the first German leader to do so since Konrad Adenauer in 1957. But the invitation from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi undoubtedly comes...
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