October 3rd is germanys unity day and its a National Holiday here in germany the country has now been reunifying for 30 days years to mark the occasion there is a lot of celebrating going on in potsdam capital of the state a friend and berg. 2 comes down city center has been turned into an open air exhibition each of the 16 german states is showcased in a glass cube like this one. But central to the exhibition is of course the history of germanys division and eventually coming together as one unified nation. That fateful event in 1990 also paved the way for potsdam to recover some of its historical splendor. In the 30 years since germanys ringing of a case in pot. Has and a bit quite the contrary actually the city center has been completely revamped and the pression palaces and parks have received a thorough beauty treatment most importantly though the days of walls and border fences separating ponce them from neighboring berlin are long gone. Well spend part of the day strolling aroun
To mark the occasion there is a lot of celebrating going on in potsdam capital of the state a friend and berg. The citys center has been turned into an open air exhibition each of the 16 german states is showcased in a glass cube like this one. But central to the exhibition is of course the history of germanys division and eventually coming together as one unified nation. That fateful event in 990. 00 also paved the way for potsdam to recover some of its historical splendor. In the 30 years since germanys reunification potsdam has and aids a bit quite the contrary actually the city center has been completely revamped and. The pression palaces and parks have received a thorough beauty treatment most importantly though the days of walls and border fences separating pots them from neighboring berlin are long gone. Well spent part of the day strolling around parks downs famous palaces parks and guard. Well also take a tour of cecilia palace where the momentous potsdam conference took place
To mark the occasion there is a lot of celebrating going on in potsdam capital of the state of brandenburg. 6 comes down city center has been turned into an open air exhibition each of the 16 german states is showcased in a glass cube like this one. But central to the exhibition is of course the history of germanys division and eventual coming together as one unified nation. That fateful event in 990. 00 also paved the way for potsdam to recover some of its historical splendor. In the 30 years since germanys reunification potsdam has and aids a bit quite the contrary actually the city center has been completely agree they. And the pression palaces and parks have received a thorough beauty treatment most importantly though the days of walls and border fences separating potsdam from neighboring berlin are long gone. Well spent part of the days strolling around parks down the famous palaces parks and gardens. Well also take a tour of cecilia palettes where the momentous potsdam conference
Well. San francisco was the sight of the signing of the it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. The questioners tonight are max trewhitt, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of and be seen news. News. The ground roles are the same questions will be alternated between candidates. Governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows. The question will be asked and the candidate will have three minutes to answer. His opponent will have two minutes to respond. Prior to the response the questioner may ask a followup question to quote clarify with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. Resident ford and governor carter do not have it prepared remarks with them this evening but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for governor carter. Democrats last ran our Foreign
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