Photos: Clinton in Berlin

It looks cold and rainy in Berlin right now, but Clinton is there in full force: Hillary Clinton, Nov. 9, 2009 | WOLFGANG RATTAY/AFP/Getty Images Clinton delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Hillary Clinton, world leaders, Nov. 9, 2009 | ...

By , copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009.
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It looks cold and rainy in Berlin right now, but Clinton is there in full force:

It looks cold and rainy in Berlin right now, but Clinton is there in full force:

Hillary Clinton, Nov. 9, 2009 | WOLFGANG RATTAY/AFP/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton, Nov. 9, 2009 | WOLFGANG RATTAY/AFP/Getty Images

Clinton delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Hillary Clinton, world leaders, Nov. 9, 2009 | Hennig Schacht-Pool/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton, world leaders, Nov. 9, 2009 | Hennig Schacht-Pool/Getty Images

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left), French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German President Horst Köhler, Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend celebrations near the Brandenburg Gate for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Approximately 1,000 giant foam dominoes, painted by children and artists from around the world, are meant to symbolically represent the fall of communism across Eastern Europe and are the highlight of the celebrations.

Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel | MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images

Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel | MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images

Woman power: Earlier in the day, Merkel (the most powerful woman in the world) greeted Clinton (the 36th most powerful, according to Forbes) prior to bilateral talks. 

Photos, top to bottom: WOLFGANG RATTAY/AFP/Getty Images, Hennig Schacht-Pool/Getty Images, MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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