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Feingold, like Leahy and Kohl, said that he had based his vote on Roberts’ credentials and on his claim that he is “not an ideologue...
Joining the Republican bloc were Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, both of Wisconsin, as well as Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the committee’s ranking member...
Merkel received her introduction to Western politics when Helmut Kohl, Germany's larger-than-life Chancellor, tapped her as Minister for Women and Youth for his Cabinet in 1991. She established herself as both ambitious and willing to learn, outmaneuvering a succession of male colleagues to take the party leadership in 2000. "She's criticized for being timid," says political scientist Gerd Langguth, her biographer, "but she's a political panther...
...Normally, Germans are a sedate and patient people. It took 16 years to get sick of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, but here we are, already tired of Schröder after seven years. Kohl's shoes were simply too big for Schröder to fill. If there had been no catastrophic flooding in August 2002 and if Bush had not gone to war in Iraq, Schröder's term would have ended after four years, in 2002. It's time for him to go. No one will miss him. Thomas Kanthak Braunfels, Germany...
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's misgivings may be more forcefully expressed. West German officials appear to believe in contrast to the U.S. view, that their country's current anticipated growth rate is plenty. Two weeks ago, the West German Bundesbank declined to follow Washington as the U.S. cut the rate charged by the Federal Reserve to member banks from...