Angela Merkel

Europe's Leaders Race To Find Financial Solution

Bloomberg | Simon Kennedy and Sandrine Rastello | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business


European leaders meet today to forge a new set of measures to combat the credit freeze after their failure to act a week ago contributed to the worst ...

America Can Not Afford Another American President

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

Exactly how many Republican administrations do Americans need before they realize they're all the same? Grandiose deficits. Financial compensation to buddies. Attempts to privatize everything except their own colossal business failures.

German Chancellor Merkel: Obama Is "Well-Equipped — Physically, Mentally And Politically"

Reuters | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an admirer of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama -- even though she has not yet met him in person. Asked at ...

Report: Bush Privately Told Germany He Had Misgivings About Obama Speech

Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


**UPDATE** German papers find more evidence that the Bush administration voiced strong opposition to an Obama speech at the Brandenberg Gate. Ben Smi...

German Chancellor Skeptical Of Obama Speech Plan

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled unease over the prospect of a possible speech by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Ob...

Bush Calls Mugabe "Undemocratic"

Michael Carmichael | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


Michael Carmichael

As a former advisor to Morgan Tsvangirai, I want to offer observations on the recent attempt by President Bush to appear less despotic than the reviled president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.