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    But she drew her most resounding applause in the packed House chamber with some blunt language on Iran. "Zero tolerance needs to be shown when there is a risk of weapons of mass destruction falling, for example, into the hands of Iran and threatening our security" Mrs. Merkel said. Speaking in German, translated for her audience, she added that Iran needed to understand that "a nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian president who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist is not acceptable." Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Zero tolerance needs to be shown when there is a risk of weapons of mass destruction falling, for example, into the hands of Iran and threatening our security
    Angela Merkel – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
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Merkel Marks Wall Anniversary
  1. a nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian president who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist is not acceptable.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  2. Today's generation needs to prove that it is able to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and that, in a sense, we are able to tear down walls of today.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  3. We have no time to lose ... We need an agreement at the climate conference at Copenhagen.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  4. Our objective must be a strategy, the transfer of responsibility
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  5. I think that too much has been made of their differences, and in some ways Obama and Merkel are quite similar. They are pragmatists, not ideologues; they tend to govern to the center rather than to their base; and they are very much focused on asking what's the problem and how do we fix it.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  6. fair share ... I think everybody has to understand: without the United States, there will not be a deal.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  7. I think it was notable that Merkel stepped up to the plate, making clear that a nuclear Iran is unacceptable ... It seems that in the aftermath of her re-election, she is willing to take a firmer stand.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  8. We certainly hope that President Obama will use the great leadership authority he has in the world for this matter
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  9. That is what we have been saying to him, very, very sincerely, because he has great capital
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago

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