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To: combjelly who wrote (401315)	7/24/2008 3:40:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1576346

"and that is the reason he was refused permission." The administration was leaning pretty hard on Merkel. Out of courtesy to Merkel, Obama did not speak at the Brandenburg gate although the crowd did stretch to the gate. However, the authority over who speaks at the Gate is with the city of Berlin and not the feds. "But Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit appeared unimpressed by the warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel's office and said during a press conference on Tuesday that he would be pleased if Obama were to address the public at the Brandenburg Gate. "We are not ruling anything out," a spokesman for the Berlin city council told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "The Brandenburg Gate would certainly be a nice place." The local government also pointed out that the decision over where Obama should make his appearance was in the hands of the city council of Berlin and not the chancellor's office or the federal government."<?I> spiegel.de

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