Obama visits Holocaust site, calls for redoubling efforts for Israeli-Palestinian peaceWEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama witnessed the Nazi ovens of the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday, its clock tower frozen at the time of liberation, and said the leaders of today must not rest against the spread of evil. Facts about the former Buchenwald concentration campWEIMAR, Germany — Some details about the Buchenwald concentration camp that President Barack Obama visited Friday. The president’s great-uncle, Charlie Payne, helped liberate the nearby Ohrdurf subcamp in 1945. Obama says international community has obligation to step in, stop genocideDRESDEN, Germany — President Barack Obama says the international community has an obligation to stop genocide, even when it’s inconvenient. Obama calls for redoubling efforts for Israeli-Palestinian peace, says ‘the moment is now’WEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble efforts toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states in hopes of resolving a conflict fueled by the Jewish nation’s post-Holocaust creation. Obama’s Gramps: Marching across France with the Ninth Air Force, supporting Patton’s ArmyWASHINGTON — Surely, Stanley Dunham was gazing skyward 65 years ago, on D-Day. Obama to deliver speech in Egypt, visit German concentration camp, celebrate D-Day in FranceWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to deliver a speech in Egypt on U.S. relations with the Muslim world when he sets out on an overseas trip next month. |