German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with US WWII veteran Gail Halvorsen (2ndL) and other unidentified veterans on the sidelines the opening ceremony of the new US embassy building in Berlin on July 4, 2008. Former US president George H.W. Bush, who was in the White House when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, cut a ribbon at the embassy that was rebuilt in the former noman's land that divided Berlin during the communist era. AFP PHOTO POOL/ Bundesregierung/ GUIDO BERGMANN