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News item:

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama invited German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Washington this year, the White House said on Wednesday in a brief statement about a phone conversation between the two leaders.

The visit would give Obama a chance to make amends after revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency had been monitoring Merkel’s cellphone.

Here’s how it went down:

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Angela Merkel phone

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Well, maybe that’s how it went. The end.

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  3. 3.

    Jebediah, RBG

    @Redshirt:
    One of the many reasons I am glad to have Pres. Obama instead of W – far less chance of horrible, cringe-inducing embarassment.

  4. 4.

    Violet

    Ha ha! Funny. Angela Merkel fractured her pelvis skiing over the Christmas/New Year holiday. Wonder how soon she can travel.

  7. 7.

    KG

    I don’t care if that’s not how it went, that is how I am going to believe it happened and nothing you could say will change my mind, even if you gave me the official transcript.

  15. 15.

    srv

    Since Americans are incapable of making good dramas (Vince Gilligan and David Simon notwithstanding) and just remake foreign films, why doesn’t Speilberg remake the The Lives Of Others with a domestic twist?

    Then we can all heart for the Cointelpro folks.

  16. 16.

    Redshirt

    Will Merkel still be in power in 2017? I’m looking forward to a “Brightly Colored Pant Suits” arms race between her and Hillary.

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    JPL

    @srv: That was such a good movie and I’d wouldn’t mind a remake. Before the Christie kerfuffle, my son and I had an interesting discussion about the late sixties and seventies.

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    Roger Moore

    @KG:

    I don’t care if that’s not how it went, that is how I am going to believe it happened and nothing you could say will change my mind, even if you the NSA gave me the official transcript intercept.

    FTFY.

  33. 33.

    Gene108

    The Christie Bridgehhazi scandal gives me hope that the crooks in today’s GOP are far more bush league than the professional criminals in the previous administration.

    They learned from their predecessors mistakes in Watergate and Iran-Contra and avoided leaving behind any kind of paper trail and ever testifying under oath about anything.

    I believe Bush, Jr and Cheney never sent an official e-mail from their government ID’s in 8 years.

  35. 35.

    Eric U.

    @Gene108: I had a friend that told me everyone he knew in Texas voted for the most obviously corrupt person. Because corruption was granted, but the obviously corrupt people were more likely to get caught

  41. 41.

    bewleys

    You people need help……where do you go from “apologists”? “Dream Weaver”….
    “I’ve just closed my eyes again…Climbed aboard the Dream Weaver train…Driver take away my worries of today….And leave tomorrow behind…”http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/gary+wright/dream+weaver_20188680.html.

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