Obama, Merkel Discuss Mideast, Economics

The Senator and the German Chancellor discussed the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan as well as climate and energy issues. Merkel's spokesman said their hour-long session featured "very open" and wide-ranging talks. They spoke at the chancellery, which sits across from the city's famed glass-domed Reichstag. He also met with Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier. Read spokesman Gibbs' statement on the meetings here. Plus: Obama spokesman Gibbs says cancelled visit to  Rammstein and Landstuhl U.S. military bases would have been "innapropriate."