New German government vows to remove all nukes
Coalition also promises health-care, tax changes
Posted: October 25, 2009 at 4:56 a.m.
Germany’s new center-right coalition government pledged Saturday to overhaul the health-care system, cut taxes and pull all remaining nuclear weapons from the country, a promise that could hurt relations with NATO already strained over the military deployment in Afghanistan.
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