Ursula von der Leyen to be first female European Commission president HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029876 --- PAGE BREAK --- washingtonpost.com / Quentin Ariès, Michael Birnbaum BRUSSELS - European leaders on Tuesday proposed awarding the powerful presidency of the European Commission to German Defense Minister Ursula von der

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Bernie Sanders has pointed to Germany's tuition-free universities as an example that America should follow, but such a system involves trade-offs. Michael Birnbaum reports: "[T]here is little magic to how European countries keep costs down for their students: Even though most impose far higher income taxes tha