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White House vs. WikiLeaks: A Sucker Punch for President Obama (Again)
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyPresident Barack Obama's cut lip -- a 12-stitch, small-filament affair -- happened during a friendly basketball game this weekend. But on Monday, one could easily have imagined the injury to be the result of a landed punch from any number of foreign heads of state who had been insulted, demeaned, or otherwise put in a highly uncomfortable position following WikiLeaks' release of 250,000 classified U.S. embassy cables on Sunday evening. One could certainly envision Italian and Russian Prime Ministers Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin -- arm-in-arm, clad in matching fur hats -- sending their ...
Obama Phones Germany's Angela Merkel on Greek Bailout Package
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAboard Air Force 1 on Saturday, President Obama telephoned German Chancellor Angela Merkel to congratulate her on the German Parliament's approval of a $28.4 billion contribution to a European Union rescue fund for Greece, a country in severe financial crisis. The chancellor, in turn, acknowledged the U.S. Senate passage of a financial markets reform bill, the White House said. The two leaders also discussed the upcoming G-20 economic summit in Toronto, Canada, and ongoing international cooperation in dealing with Iran's nuclear program, On the ground at the White House Friday, Obama was ...
Europe's Emotions Are Mixed on Tactical Nukes
By William Boston - AOL NewsBERLIN (April 7) – As President Barack Obama travels to Prague to sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, he is soaking up warm praise from world leaders about his drive to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But one often overlooked point could still spark a rift in NATO in coming weeks: the deeply unpopular arsenal of hundreds of U.S. tactical nukes deployed in Europe. Some Europeans have been loudly urging Obama to start his noble nuke-scrapping by removing the some 200 tactical bombs the U.S. warehouses in Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, ...
Swiss Sputter as Merkel Buys Stolen Bank Data
By William Boston - AOL NewsBERLIN (Feb. 2) – Angela Merkel is set to pay almost $3.5 million to a whistle-blower for a list of alleged German tax evaders stashing money in Swiss banks, but the German chancellor may be getting more than she bargained for. Germany's decision to purchase the list, allegedly stolen from a Swiss bank, has ignited a diplomatic row with Switzerland and a political backlash against Merkel among the rank and file of her conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). It emerged over the weekend that the German government was negotiating with an unknown informant who claimed to ...
German Political Star Stumbles Over Afghanistan
By William Boston - AOL NewsBERLIN (Dec. 16) – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg burst onto Germany's normally staid political scene less than a year ago and achieved rock-star status almost overnight. Now, as defense minister, he is getting to know the downside of fame. Germany's most popular politician, admired as much for his youthful good looks as for his straight-talking style, Guttenberg is at the center of a widening scandal over a Sept. 4 NATO air strike in Afghanistan. A German commander called in the strike against two fuel trucks that had allegedly been hijacked by Taliban fighters. It killed an estimated ...
German Reunification: An Eastern -- and Less Triumphant -- Perspective
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyYesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And all over Europe and America, the press has been awash with stories of that historic night and all that it symbolized. ...
Angela Merkel Comes to Washington
By James Graff - AOL NewsAs the first German chancellor in more than a half-century to address a joint session of Congress, Angela Merkel had history on her side Tuesday. Few politicians can speak more convincingly than this former East German physicist of "the overwhelming gift of freedom" that materialized with the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, making her remarkable political career possible. But Merkel faces a more practical challenge in tearing down the wall between the U.S. and Europe on Afghanistan and climate change, chief among a range of issues. "It's time for the real Angela Merkel to please ...
Five Things We Learned at the European Summit
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyA few weeks back, I posted about some incipient trouble brewing within the EU. Late last week, European leaders met for a two-day summit to push forward on a number of those procedural and policy issues. Here are five noteworthy things to come out of that meeting: ...
Germany in Political Turmoil Over NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA NATO airstrike in Afghanistan last week killed at least 100 people and sparked a flurry of outrage in Germany after it was reported that German military officials ordered the attack. German soldiers are normally restricted to peacekeeping duties. Their role in the deadly bombing shook their country's presidential campaign and prompted lawmakers to pressure Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung for an explanation. Aides to Chancellor Angela Merkel say she will address the German parliament on Tuesday. ...
Michelle Obama Debuts on Forbes' List of 100 Powerful Women -- at No. 40
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama, about to round out the summer with a stay on Martha's Vineyard, perhaps packing those shorts for the trip, debuted on the Forbes list of 100 Most Powerful Women -- at No. 40. Given that the list is heavily tilted to CEOs and world leaders, it seems a reasonable slot. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was No. 1 and Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., was No. 2. Readers of DailyFlotus.com will note that Bair made Oprah Winfrey's first-ever "Power List," which, now that I think about it, omitted Mrs. Obama. But Winfrey had only 19 living women ...
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