Too bad. It would have been interesting to see how he'd apologize for us being largely responsible for the Berlin Wall being erected in the first place.
On Oct 19, 7:31 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Apart from personal regrets, Obama probably doesn’t want to have to credit > Reagan his arch-enemy prototype for the collapse of the Soviet Union. > B 10/16/2009 > 05:24 PM Barack is Too Busy Obama Cancels Plans to Attend Berlin Wall > Anniversary > > *US President Barack Obama has shelved his plans to attend festivities > marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Secretary of > State Hillary Clinton will reportedly take his place at the Nov. 9 > celebrations.* > > Germany is going to have to wait longer than expected for US President > Barack Obama's first official visit. Citing government sources in Berlin, > Reuters reported on Friday that Obama will not attend the anniversary > festivities marking two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event > will take place on Nov. 9 -- just two days before Obama embarks on a > long-planned trip to Asia on Nov. 11. > > According to the German television channel n-tv, US Secretary of State > Hillary Clinton will stand in for the president. It is considered unlikely > that her husband, the former President Bill Clinton, will accompany her. > > Berlin is going all out for the anniversary, with such luminaries as Kofi > Annan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Lech Walesa expected to be in attendance. > German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing hard to complete ongoing > coalition negotiations soon so that her government is fully formed in time > for the festivities. > > Despite Obama's absence, however, Merkel will get some face time with the US > president in early November. She is planning to travel to Washington and > will be addressing a joint session of US Congress on Nov. 3. > > Obama has not visited Berlin since taking power. He was in Germany briefly > in June, when he made stops in Dresden and at the Buchenwald concentration > camp memorial. It was during that trip that Merkel extended the invitation > for Obama to help Germany celebrate the fall of the Wall. > > Merkel's government expressed understanding with Obama's scheduling > difficulties, Reuters reported. Obama's first state visit to Berlin is now > expected to take place in 2010. > > *jas -- with wire reports* > > URL: > > -http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,655632,00.html > > TRAITOR.jpg > 14KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
