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 tells Merkel economic policies must improve lives
BERLIN (Reuters) - The need to balance budgets should not distract from the ultimate goal of economic policy, namely improving people's lives, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday in what appeared to be a dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's focus on austerity. Full story
Obama wraps up overseas trip
President Barack Obama is headed back to the U.S. after a trip through Europe. NBC’s Kristen Welker and Shira Toeplitz, politics editor for Roll Call, join The Cycle for more.
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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.
Obama echoes key words by JFK during Berlin speech
NBC’s Chuck Todd reports on the foreign policy speech that was somewhat eclipsed by German sensitivity to the NSA surveillance controversy.
2008 vs. 2013: A tale of two Germanys
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd joins guest host Peter Alexander from Sligo, Ireland to talk about President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to Berlin, Germany and the relationship between Germany and the U.S.
Topless protesters interrupt Putin, Merkel event
Three topless protesters, members of the women’s rights group Femen, disrupt a visit between Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel at a trade fair in Hanover.
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