Dissension, but not much, possible when Obama meets German Chancellor Merkel on Friday

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel probably will hold to their disparate views on the Afghanistan war and economic policy in the midst of worldwide financial problems during a meeting Friday.

Obama, Merkel to meet under cloud of disagreement, fence-mending seen as outcome

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.