Kohl exhibited similar determination by quickly reunifying his country after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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He may even see it as the prelude for reunifying Russia with other ex-Soviet republics.

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Lincoln, concerned about preserving and reunifying the union, the nation, following the war, he led and appointed that Democrat to become vice president.

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