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| Schroeder dumps Herta... |
| 2002-09-23 |
| German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whose opposition to a U.S. war with Iraq helped him win re-election, began patching up ties with Washington on Monday by announcing the departure of a controversial minister. Schroeder's first move in what is expected to be a gradual reconciliation effort was to say that Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, the justice minister who last week allegedly said President Bush's desire to distract from domestic politics with war recalled Hitler's methods, would not be in his new cabinet. However, the Social Democrat chancellor gave no sign that harmony would be restored immediately in relations with Germany's NATO ally, insisting on his right to disagree. You have the right to disagree. We have the right to pee on your leg. Sounds fair... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |