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Opinion: Westerwelle To Bring New Face But Old Ideas as Foreign Minister

Guido Westerwelle, leader of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), is about to become German foreign minister in the new cabinet.

Guido Westerwelle, leader of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), is about to become German foreign minister in the new cabinet. Guido Westerwelle is a blank slate in Washington. Full Article at Spiegel Online

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  1. German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (foreground) speaks at the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, during a debate on the country's involvement in Afghanistan, as Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) listen in Berlin November 26, 2009.
  2. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 24: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) meets Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad (R) during his visit to the West Bank on November 24, 2009 in Ramallah.
  3. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 23: German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle (L) wears a Jewish yarmulka in the Hall of Remembrances at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as he speaks to Yad Vashem director Avner Shalev after he laid a wreath in memory of the six million Jews who perished at the hands...
  4. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (L) and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev attend celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  5. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 08: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev holds an award he got from Sir Bob Geldof (C) and former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher at the Cinema For Peace charity dinner at the China Club on November 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  6. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 08: Russian Ambassador to Germany Vladimir Kotenev and Hans-Dietrich Genscher attend the MTV Europe Music Awards Free Your Mind Award Presentation at the Cinema For Peace charity dinner at the China Club on November 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  7. (From R to L) Former German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, publisher Friede Springer and the former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attend the opening of the new...
  8. (From L) Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger, Friede Springer of German publishing giant Axel Springer, former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski former and German foreign minister Hans-Di...
  9. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 08: (L-R) Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Sir Bob Geldof, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbatchev and Chairman and Chief Executive of MTV Networks International Bill Roedy arrive for the Cinema for Peace gala dinner on November 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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  1. Guido Westerwelle
  2. Angela Merkel Angela Merkel
  3. U.S. Democratic Party U.S. Democratic Party
  4. NATO NATO
  5. Hans-Dietrich Genscher (politician)
  6. Barack Obama Barack Obama