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I have a lot of favorite memories. Just thinkIng of Presidential visits reminds me of two that
took place here in Berlin. My fIrst assignment was to the U.S. Embassy to the GDR where I
volenteered for and was put in charge of one of the press sites for President Reagan's
address at the Brandenburg Gate in June of 1987. So I was the guy holdIng down the press
riser right across from where he spoke. Which meant I had, probably, the best view of the
speech. And then, just last month, to be on the other side of the Brandenburger Gate,
on Pariser platz, when PresIdent Obama gave his address. That completed the circle. That
will remain in my mind for a long tIme as a special occassion.