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Diplomats Barred From Obama’s Berlin Speech But Not McCain’s

Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Embassy in Berlin “instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama’s [D-IL] public rally” in Tiergarten Park because the event is “‘partisan political... ...full story at digg

from digg on Sat, Jul 26 2008

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