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“The leaders, they’re being governed by the industrial complex of Germany,” McCain said Thursday. “They might as well have them in the government. It’s shameful.” - Obama, Merkel To Display Unity Against Russia | TIME.com 02/05/14 13:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks

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German Chancellor Merkel arrives at White House US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel share a laugh before a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on May 2, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama welcomed Germany's Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday, seeking to secure united European backing for tougher sanctions on Russia's economy should the Kremlin escalate the crisis in Ukraine. -- PHOTO: AFP Obama, Merkel To Display Unity Against Russia | TIME.com Friday May 2 nd , 2014  at  12:13 PM [Untitled] 1 Share (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel mounted a display of trans-Atlantic unity Friday against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seemed to be doing little to change Vladimir Putin’s reasoning on Ukraine. Days after the United States and the European Union slapped Moscow with a new round of sanctions, Merkel