Daily Archives: June 7, 2011

President Obama & First Lady Michelle Host Official State Dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Receives An Official White House Welcoming Ceremony

Forbes WASHINGTON — Nearly 17 years after the last dinner for a leader from Germany, the White House was readying an elaborate, red-carpet welcome Tuesday for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her visit will literally begin with a bang – a 19-gun … Continue reading

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Tuesday Open Thread

Tommy James and the Shondells are an American rock and roll group whose period of greatest success came in the late 1960s. They had two No. 1 singles in the U.S. — “Hanky Panky” (1966) and “Crimson and Clover” (1969) — and … Continue reading

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