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Posts Tagged Angela Merkel

European Rejection of Obama’s Call for Stimulus Threatens U.S. Economy

By | 07.06.10 | 6:00 am

BERLIN — President Obama’s push for additional economic stimulus is not just hitting a wall in Congress. The president has also been rebuffed by the largest European countries — with potentially profound consequences for the U.S. economy and Obama’s national agenda.

[Economy1] In the run-up to the G-20 summit in More…

Barack Obama Converts to German

By | 06.26.09 | 1:49 pm

During President Obama’s Cairo trip earlier this month, the press corps finally uncovered the truth about President Obama: by saying “shukran” — the Arabic word for “thanks” — to an Arabic-speaking audience, he secretly converted to Islam. Today the story gets even curiouser.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the More…