Rising to the Challenge
Gabor Steingart, Spiegel Online | November 5, 2009
Angela Merkel surpassed expectations at home and impressed the joint session of Congress with her historic speech in Washington on Tuesday. ++ Unlike Adenauer's, her speech was an enthusiastic acknowledgement of the German-American relationship. ++ With a long and intertwined past, the two countries will continue to grow together into the future. ++ Her clear and direct tone displayed her oft veiled political prowess and "brought the Americans something they have lacked recently: confidence."
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