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Angela Merkel, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Barack Obama, U.S. president, walk together following a working dinner April 3, 2009, at NATO's 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg, France.

NATO 60th

Angela Merkel, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Barack Obama, U.S. president, walk together following a working dinner April 3, 2009, at NATO's 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg, France.

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