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Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin

   BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. Full story

Obama turns JFK's Berlin speech into new call for freedom

   BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama offered a new twist on Wednesday to John F. Kennedy's historic 1963 call for liberty -- "Ich bin ein Berliner" -- by saying other oppressed people eager to join the free world were also "citizens of Berlin." Full story

NBC Politics: First Thoughts: Obama's repeat performance in Berlin

Obama’s repeat performance in Berlin… President talks Afghanistan, NSA surveillance, and Syria in press conference with Germany’s Merkel… House passes abortion-ban measure… CBO says “Gang of Eight” immigration bill will lower deficit b … Full story

Wallace: Joke is on millions who thought Obama would be different

   In 2008, then-Senator Obama visited Germany, meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and speaking to the roughly 200,000 that gathered to hear him speak. Random House's Jon Meacham joins a conversation on what's changed for the president in Europe since 2008 and on JFK's Berlin speech in 1963.

President Obama and the trouble of a second term

   The Council on Foreign Relations' Dan Senor and former domestic policy advisor to the president, Melody Barnes, join Morning Joe to discuss President Obama's trip to Germany and why a second term for a president is always a challenge.

New climate strategy coming within weeks: Obama adviser

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday. Full story

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  Fashion faux-pas, adults doing shots, bad rappers and Obama's brother

GQ's Michael Hainey joins Morning Joe for something of a freeform discussion on the entire contents of the latest issue: Including a talk about Joe Scarborough's outfit, the rapper Drake, if adult males can do shots and President Obama's half-brother Malik.

  Obama visits Berlin 50 years after JFK and lessons from the G-8

Top Talkers: President Obama is in Germany for a 24-hour visit, and he'll be speaking at Berlin's Brandenberg Gate and holding meetings with the country's chancellor Angela Merkel. President Obama' trip comes nearly 50 years after JFK's speech in Berlin. The panel places Obama's visit in historical

  President Obama Speaks in Germany

President Obama, speaking in Berlin, proposes deep cuts to America's nuclear weapons and addressed the NSA surveillance program. He also discussed Ben Bernanke, reports CNBC's John Harwood.

  1.       Rep. Grijalva: Obama contradicting himself on NSA programs

Rep.  Raul Grijalva discusses the president’s stance on NSA programs as Obama defended the programs on the world stage on Wednesday during a speech in Berlin saying ,it’s “saved lives.”

  Obama issues a  ‘call to action’ in Berlin speech

The Daily Rundown Gaggle reacts to President Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin, German.

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  President Obama Visits Berlin

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 19: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha visit the Berlin Wall memorial at Bernauer Strasse on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. U.S. President Barack Obama is visiting Berlin for the first time during his presidency and his speech at the Brandenburg Gate is

Minister-President of the Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (L) and  Winfried Kretschmann (Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen) Minister-President of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg wait for U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at Pariser Platz in Berlin
  Minister-President of the Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (L) and Winfried Kretschmann (Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen) Minister-President of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg wait for U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at Pariser Platz in Berlin

Minister-President of the Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Winfried Kretschmann Minister-President of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg wait for U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in front of Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin June 19, 2013. Obama's first presidential visit to Ber

Obama waves as he arrives to deliver remarks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
  Obama waves as he arrives to deliver remarks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to deliver remarks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin June 19, 2013. With Obama are German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit . REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)