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Ukrainian air force officers walk with their bags at the Belbek airbase, outside Sevastopol, Crimea, on Thursday, March 20, 2014. With thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and sailors trapped on military bases, surrounded by heavily armed Russian forces and pro-Russia militia, the Kiev government said it was drawing up plans to evacuate its outnumbered troops from Crimea back to the mainland and would seek U.N. support to turn the peninsula into a demilitarized zone. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Pro-Russian crowds seize 3 Ukrainian warships

By JIM HEINTZ and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Claudia Breidbach, right, demonstrates a bionic hand that is steerable by a mobile phone to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, during the opening day of the computer fair CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, Monday, March 10, 2014. Great Britain is the partner country at this year's CeBIT which runs through March 14.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Germany rejects Snowden claim it bowed to NSA

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Germany: no spy deal with US anytime soon

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks during joint a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Netanyahu finger shadow puts Hitler-like mustache on Merkel’s face

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to lead the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a pelvis injury during ski holidays in the Swiss Alps and will have to cut back on her work schedule for the next three weeks. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany plans spy counter-offensive against NSA, enlists allies for network

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Hackers sue German government over NSA spying

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, irght, address the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Firday, Jan. 31, 2014. (Associated Press)

Kerry seeks to calm German anger at NSA reports

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen, left, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier talk at the beginning of a cabinet meeting at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. After years in the diplomatic shadows, Germany looks keen to shed its image as a foreign-policy lightweight and assume a more vigorous role in shaping European policies in global hotspots from central Africa to Syria. New Foreign Minister Steinmeier has declared that Europe &quot;cannot leave France alone&quot; in Africa. He and von der Leyen are preparing to reinforce Germany's military role in Mali and help France at least logistically in Central African Republic. (AP Photo/dpa, Kay Nietfeld, File)

German foreign policy perks up under new gov’t

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a government statement as part of a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Due to a hip injury Merkel has to sit during her speech. The reflections are caused by windows at the visitors tribune. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German leader: spying on allies harms security

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a photograph after the recording of her annual New Year's speech at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/David Gannon, Pool)

Germany’s Angela Merkel fractures pelvis while skiing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, shakes hands with the chairman of the Social Democrats, designated Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, at the parliament in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2013, after Merkel was re-elected. Germany's Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe's biggest economic power on Tuesday, nearly three months after an awkward election result forced her to put together a new governing coalition. (AP Photo/dpa, Kay Nietfeld)

Angela Merkel’s third term as Germany’s chancellor to be marked by move to left

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Actor Jay Pharoah impersonates President Obama on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, March 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

‘Saturday Night Live’ gets back in game with skits mocking Obama, fake signer

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama smiles after he said that environmental protesters who interrupted his speech were at the wrong event as he speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Faneuil Hall is where former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, Obama's rival in the 2012 presidential election, signed the state's landmark health care law in 2006, with top Democrats standing by his side. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

NAPOLITANO: Is Obama a dupe or a totalitarian, megalomaniacal liar?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Associated Press/File)

Besieged White House defends snooping programs

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande embrace during a 2012 encounter. (credit: AP)

GOP lawmakers: Allies may be snooping, should be thankful to U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are among the U.S. allies who are upset at revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency was engaging in eavesdropping in their countries. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was so upset, she refused to attend a U.S. state dinner. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

NSA spying sours relations with Germany, Brazil

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Jan. 20, 2011, file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel using her mobile phone at the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin. The German Foreign Ministry said Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, it has summoned the U.S. ambassador in the wake of allegations that American intelligence may have targeted Merkel's cellphone. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Germany summons U.S. ambassador for spy claims

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - The March 5, 2013 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel presenting a tap-proof mobile phone of Blackberry at a booth of Secusmart during the opening round tour of the world's largest computer expo CeBIT in Hannover. German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 after learning that U.S. intelligence may have targeted her mobile phone, and said that would be &#8220;a serious breach of trust&#8221; if confirmed, her government said. (AP Photo/dpa, Julian Stratenschulte)

White House: We’re not spying on Merkel

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times