Obama, Merkel to meet under cloud of disagreement

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama sits down this week with German Chancellor Angela Merkel under a cloud of disagreement over the way out of the global financial crisis and Germany's role in the U.S.-led Afghan war. Obama, Merkel to meet under cloud of disagreement
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