Obama remark at ceremony draws outrage in Poland

Warsaw : Poland | May 29, 2012 at 10:36 PM PDT

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Associated Press The White House said President Barack Obama misspoke on Tuesday when he referred to a "Polish death camp" while honoring a Polish war hero. The president's remark had drawn immediate complaints from Poles who said Obama should have called it a "German death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland,"... FULL ARTICLE AT Fox

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