Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. President Barack Obama, close political allies when they were both in office, reunited in Washington on Monday for an event to launch her memoir in the United States.

Barack Obama praised Angela Merkel for being "all about the facts" as the two former leaders reunited in Washington on Monday at an event centered around the former German chancellor's new memoir. Obama described Merkel as friendly but reserved at the sold-out event at the Anthem for the former chancellor's 700-plus-page book,

Obama interviews Merkel as her memoir, 'Freedom: Memories 1954–2021,' hits the shelves :::: Washington, D.C. :: Barack Obama, Former US President“You operated very courageously in admitting large numbers of particularly Syrian migrants,