"My mind is telling me no, but my heart is telling me..."

AFP/DDP/File - Wed Jan 11, 11:54 AM ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) address a press conference in Berlin, December 2005. Merkel embarks on her first visit to the United States after eight weeks in power in which she has repeatedly signalled the need for a sea change in transatlantic ties(AFP/DDP/File/Marcus Brandt)