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US President George W Bush has rejected criticism over the Guantanamo Bay camp raised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during talks in Washington.
President Bush said it was a necessary part of protecting the American people.
But the two leaders presented a united front over Iran resuming its nuclear programme, and commentators said they appeared to have got on well.
It is her first official US visit since her election which, Mr Bush joked, much like his own, was not a landslide win.
The two leaders discussed a range of subjects - from the Balkans and the Middle East to the Iraq war - which had strained relations between the US and Germany in recent years.
"We openly addressed that there sometimes have been differences of opinion, and I mentioned Guantanamo in this respect," Ms Merkel told the press conference afterwards.
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