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Some Notes Concerning Obama's Absence from the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

(CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is taking aim at President Obama's decision not to travel to Germany next week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the latest in a string of conservatives to criticize Obama's... Full Article at The Stranger

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