To guarantee a large turnout for his whatever in  Berlin, Obama's campaign has printed German language flyers with Obama's picture and logo plus added a German-English Berlin event page on his campaign site, all giving detailed information about this happening. 

"It is not going to be a political speech," said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. "When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally.

"But he is not president of the United States,"

"He is going to talk about the issues as an individual ... not as a candidate, but as an individual, as a senator,"

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