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Obama Campaign Confirms Site of Berlin Speech
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BERLIN- Barack Obama's campaign said Sunday he will give a speech on the future of trans-Atlantic relations in front of a Prussian war monument in downtown Berlin in view of the historic Brandenburg Gate. (article 1)
One of Berlin's best-known monuments, the column is topped by a golden, winged figure representing Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory. (article 1)
Obama was in Afghanistan on Sunday as part of a tour abroad that also will take him to Iraq and the Middle East. (article 1)
Senator Barack Obama will speak here on Thursday in Tiergarten Park, beneath the monument topped with the statue of a golden angel known as the Siegessaule. (article 4)
According to the campaign, the event will be free and open to the public, raising the possibility of a huge crowd in Obama-crazy Germany. (article 4)
After the Brandenburg Gate fell out of the running over the objections of Chancellor Angela Merkel, city officials began dropping hints last week that the address would take place at the Siegessaule, known in English as the Victory Column. (article 4)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic: (CHICAGO) Barack Obama's senior foreign policy advisers spoke to reporters for the first time this afternoon about his upcoming trip to Europe and the Middle East. (article 2)
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Source articles
- Obama to speak near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate (boston.com, 07/20/2008, 372 words)
- During Upcoming Foreign Trip, Obama Will Try Not To Play The Part of The President (CBS News, 07/18/2008, 296 words)
- What Obama Could Say in Berlin (nytimes.com, 07/21/2008, 822 words)
- Obama Campaign Confirms Site of Berlin Speech (nytimes.com, 07/20/2008, 283 words)
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