Bush Privately told Germany he had misgivings about Obama's speech


	Bush Privately told Germany he had misgivings about Obama's speech

Kelika

7-11-2008 5:56 PM

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On Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel <A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/09/obama-speech-plan-draws-g_n_111638.html" linkindex="33">expressed unease about a possible Obama speech at the Brandenberg Gate</A>. A spokesman said Merkel felt "great skepticism as to whether it is appropriate" for a U.S. election candidate to speak at "a place with a particular exclusivity, intensity and symbolism." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/10/report-bush-privately-tol_n_111993.html"><P>Thursday, <A href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,565080,00.html" linkindex="34" set="yes">Der Spiegel reported</A> that Bush administration officials privately told the German government that they don't like the idea: </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DBCF7EC4-D963-4599-AA08-A91C1F4F57DE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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