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July 18, 2008

Report: Obama to Speak at Berlin's Victory Column, Not Brandenburg Gate

@ 3:06 pm by Andy Barr

Barack Obama will speak in front of the Victory Column in Berlin next week rather than Brandenburg Gate, according to the Berliner Zeitung.

The Victory Column represents a compromise after political spat broke out between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier over whether Obama could use the landmark as a political backdrop.

Though Obama will not be speaking directly in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the two landmarks are close enough that pictures of the event will include the Gate.

- David Matthews

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