Former U.S. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel (C) chats with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (R) as she arrives to receive the Eric M. Warburg Award from the Atlantik-Brucke Group during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, June 25, 2009. The Warburg Award, given by the the Atlantik-Brucke Group to promote transatlantic understanding and cooperation, is named for a member of a prominent German-Jewish banking family who fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and found refuge in the U.S. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 32 months ago

Former U.S. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel (C) chats with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (R) as she arrives to receive the Eric M. Warburg Award from the Atlantik-Brucke Group during a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, June 25, 2009. The Warburg Award, given by the the Atlantik-Brucke Group to promote transatlantic understanding and cooperation, is named for a member of a prominent German-Jewish banking family who fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and found refuge in the U.S.

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