U.S. ambassador to Germany Dan Coats stands between parliamentary floor
leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz
(L) and his counterpart of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Michael
Glos (R) as they pose for the media, before a meeting of the CDU/CSU
parliamentary group at the Reichstag Building in Berlin October 16,
2001. Earlier German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Germany may soon
make a military contribution to the U.S. campaign against Osama bin
Laden and his Qaeda network. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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