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The German Elections: False Dawn for the Obama-Merkel Era

Although Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) received just 33.8 percent of the national vote in the September elections, Chancellor Angela Merkel's re-election was secured thanks to the near-collapse... Full Article at The Heritage Foundation

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  1. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (C) speaks with the members of Bosnia's tri-partitie presidency, Nikola Radmanovic (L) and Haris Silajdzic (R), during his visit to Sarajevo November 27, 2009.
  2. ROME - NOVEMBER 25: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (not in frame) greets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a meeting in Palazzo Chigi, on November 25, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The meeting focused on NATO military alliance involvement in Afghanistan and in the Balkans.
  3. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke (R) stands next to U.S. General Stanlely McChrystal (L), head of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, before the arrival of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on November 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 17: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Army Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), testifies during a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  5. LONDON - NOVEMBER 12: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II holds an audience with the NATO Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, inside Buckingham Palace on November 12, 2009 in London, England.
  6. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 13: Afghan soldiers are put through training exercises under the supervision of British troops at Ghar Ordoo military base, on October 13, 2009 in Herat, Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  7. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 12: Italian soldiers with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand to attention during a changing command ceremony, at the Provincial Reconstruction Team compound run by the Italian military, on October 12, 2009 in Herat, Herat province west...
  8. US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen duirng a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washignton, DC, September 29, 2009.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: Former U.S. National Security Advisor Brent Scrowcroft (L) listens to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen as he answers questions about the future of NATO and the mission in Afghanistan during a forum at the Atlantic Council Septe...

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