Tearing Down the Wall

Bush I, Kohl and Gorby met again:

Kohl, 79, who went on to become the first chancellor of a reunited Germany, appeared the most visibly moved by the moment, recalling the heady days that led up to the Nov. 9, 1989, collapse of the wall and Washington's and Moscow's willingness to let it fall.

"We achieved reunification together, with peace and freedom and with the support of our neighbours," Kohl recalled.

"We don't have many reasons in our history to be proud," Kohl said. "But those years when I was chancellor, ... I have every reason to be proud. I have nothing better, nothing to be more proud of than German reunification."

Proving that you can take the General Secretary out of communism, but not the communist out of the General Secretary.

"America also needs a perestroika," Gorbachev said, noting the push for change with the election of U.S. President Barack Obama. "A lot will now depend on America.... Leadership will have to be proven."