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...heard that German Justice Minister Herta Daubler-Gmelin compared him to Hitler. "Bush wants to distract attention from his domestic problems," she said. "That's a popular method. Even Hitler did that." Daubler-Gmelin says she was misquoted. Rather than blaming the Frau, however, Bush lashed out at German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder in private phone conversations with other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. "He believes that Schroder created the environment for that kind of comment to take place," says a senior Administration official. Putin's reaction? He told Bush such foolishness would never happen in elections...
...White House has been biting its tongue ever since the liberal Schroder started revitalizing his campaign by bashing the U.S. position on Iraq. What Bush finds especially galling about Schroder's performance is that the White House let the Chancellor know he would not be forced to take a public position on Iraq before election day. The Bush team expected a little good behavior in return, but Schroder kept stomping. He did send Bush an apology about his minister's remark, but White House officials viewed it as "arrogant." Says another senior Administration official: "If you had asked me before...
Person of the Week The campaign was long and difficult, but thanks to his staunch opposition to U.S. calls for military action against Iraq, German Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der and his Social Democrat-Greens coalition managed a narrow re-election. But with the opposition Christian Democrats gaining strength, how long can he hold on to power...
There's nothing quite like a spat between old friends. German chancellor Gerhard Schröeder, who heads a coalition of Social Democrats and Greens, narrowly won re-election last week. But he badly damaged relations with the U.S. during a campaign in which he forcefully opposed a war in Iraq-and his justice minister (since fired) reportedly compared Bush's tactics to Hitler's. The Bushies were furious, and embarked on a post-election campaign of calculated snubs of Schröeder and his deputies. The odd thing is that, for all the Administration's display of pique...
...remarks last week by Rudolf A. Scharping, the former defense minister under German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, about Jewish influence in American foreign policy was an all-too-familiar example of anti-Semitism. Similarly, if anyone in the divestment debate is saying, “Harvard supports Israel because Harvard is controlled by Jews,” that would be an example of anti-Semitism, and patently false...