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5/28/11

Obama, in Poland, vows to back Israel - by Scott Wilson

Within hours of arriving yesterday in this once occupied capital, President Obama encountered the enduring emotion surrounding the state of Israel, founded as a sanctuary from the virulent anti-Semitism that wiped out much of this nation’s Jewish population during World War II.

As his first stop in a two-day visit, Obama visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, then traveled to the Ghetto Heroes Memorial, where he laid a wreath at the base of the stark bronze relief commemorating the tens of thousands of Jews killed in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943.

For more: Obama, in Poland, vows to back Israel - The Boston Globe

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