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Shuttle Diplomacy and "Merkel Mania"
Even political enemies are giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel's shuttle diplomacy rave reviews. Will her visits to seven capital cities on two continents in eight days help keep Greece in the Eurozone or lead to peace in Ukraine?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenEven political enemies are giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel's shuttle diplomacy rave reviews. Will her visits to seven capital cities on two continents in eight days help keep Greece in the Eurozone or lead to peace in Ukraine?
Also, controversy forces a changing of the guard in Oregon, and the possible fate of five million undocumented immigrants since a federal judge put a hold on President Obama's order protecting them from deportation.
Photo: Angela Merkel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (World Economic Forum)
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