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Mark Mardell, North America editor

Mark Mardell North America editor

Come here for America in all its glory - my take on the twist and turns of the presidency, electoral races and life beyond Washington

No hard truths in Berlin

It's a sweltering hot day in Berlin. Barack Obama got a cheer for taking off his jacket and urging others to do the same. It wasn't the last of his exhortations, by any means.

As for John Kennedy and later Ronald Reagan, this great city and its tortured history were his backdrop and his chosen symbol.

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Meeting the enemy

Senior administrators describe it as a milestone on the road to peace. Others will feel it is nearer to treason.

After more than 10 years of war, President Obama's government will open direct talks with the Taliban.

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Mark added analysis to:

G8 leaders 'close' to Syria deal

Russia's president fidgeted, looked awkward and moved his neck oddly, his body language screaming that he would be rather be anywhere else than at this summit.

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About Mark

Covered British politics from the fall of Thatcher to Blair's last election victory as political correspondent, Newsnight Political editor, BBC Chief Political Correspondent and diarist for This Week.

The BBC's first Europe editor covering the impact of EU laws on people in and beyond the European Union's 27 countries, from illegal immigration to Poland to environmental change in Spain.

Grew up in Surrey, educated at Kent University in Canterbury, worked in commercial radio on Teesside Leeds and London before joining the BBC.

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