A Secret Service agent collects wooden flag sticks for security reasons from the crowd before the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush at the historic market square of the north-eastern German town of Stralsund at the Baltic Sea July 13, 2006. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts Bush on Thursday in a visit intended to solidify their ties and likely to focus on Iran and her concerns about the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)