United States President George W. Bush said in an interview to be published Sunday that Germany plays a decisive role in the war on terrorism and that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s actions on the Iranian nuclear issue had been key. Bush made the comments in an interview with the German Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag. The US was maintaining close relations with Germany and its secret services and police were liaising regularly, the president added in the interview, part of which was released on Saturday by Germany’s most widely read newspaper. Full Story