Barack Obama's great uncle criticises him over Buchenwald visit

Barack Obama faced unprecedented public criticism from a member of his own family when his great uncle said he was only visiting a concentration camp next week for 'political reasons'.

Charles Payne: Barack Obama's great uncle criticises him over Buchenwald visit
Barack Obama's great uncle Charles Payne Credit: Photo: AP

Charles Payne, 84, was among the American infantrymen who liberated Ohrdruf, a subdivision of the Buchenwald camp, in April 1945....

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