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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, left, and party leader Horst Seehofer at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Feb. 19, 2012.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, left, and party leader Horst Seehofer at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Feb. 19, 2012.