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Obama Speaks in Berlin to
Enthusiastic Crowds |
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Presidential
Candidate Barack Obama came to Berlin to stage a foreign policy
speech in front of a 200,000 plus oversea audience, calling for
renewed trans-Atlantic cooperation to rein-in Iran, fight
religious extremism and terrorism, and address global warming
and poverty.
Speaking just before sunset at the
Victory column in Berlin's Tiergarten, the 46-year old senator,
who is extremely popular in western Europe, told the crowd that,
"I know my country has not perfected itself; we've made our
share of mistakes and there are times when our actions around
the world have not lived up to our best intentions." He warned
that today, "the greatest danger of all is to allow a new wall
to divide us from one another."
Obama and his campaign have sought
to downplay the campaign aspects of his foreign trip. He said to
the crowd, "I speak to you not as a candidate for president, but
as a citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the
world." The line itself echoed President John Kennedy's speech
there in 1963, when Kennedy said that, "all free men, wherever
they may live, are citizens of Berlin."
Obama’s arrival in Germany was
aired live on local television and large groups of followers
gathered in the street for a glimpse of the U.S. Democratic
presidential candidate outside his hotel.
The Illinois Senator is trying to
showcase his new foreign policy in order to improve U.S.
relations with other parts of the world. |
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