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A United States Marine stands guard at the diplomatic entrance of the West Wing, near German Chancellor Angela Merkel's limousine. Merkel was meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.Photo by Brooks Kraft/Corbis

A United States Marine stands guard at the diplomatic entrance of the West Wing, near German Chancellor Angela Merkel's limousine. Merkel was meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

Photo by Brooks Kraft/Corbis