Obama's US birthplace confirmed by Hawaii
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May 24, 2012, Thursday
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THE state of Hawaii has verified US President Barack Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a nearly three-month back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot.
Speculation about Obama's birthplace has swirled among conservatives for years. So-called "birthers" maintain that Obama is ineligible to hold the country's highest elected office because, they contend, he was born in Kenya, his father's homeland.
Hawaii officials have repeatedly confirmed Obama's citizenship. More than a year ago, in an attempt to quell citizenship questions, Obama released his long-form birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu. Courts also have rebuffed lawsuits over the issue.
Joshua Wisch, special assistant to Hawaii Attorney General David Louie, called the matter is resolved after Hawaii gave Arizona the verification it sought.
Hawaii - which has vouched for Obama's birth in the state several times as early as October 2008 - didn't bow to the request easily. The Aloha State told Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett he had to prove he needed the records as part of normal business.
Wisch says Hawaii got what it needed, so it gave Bennett's office the verification.
It's not immediately clear whether the information will satisfy Bennett.
The development came the same day Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio defended sending one of his deputies to Hawaii to accompany an official in his volunteer posse that is investigating Obama's birth certificate, despite earlier saying no taxpayer money was being spent on the probe.
Speculation about Obama's birthplace has swirled among conservatives for years. So-called "birthers" maintain that Obama is ineligible to hold the country's highest elected office because, they contend, he was born in Kenya, his father's homeland.
Hawaii officials have repeatedly confirmed Obama's citizenship. More than a year ago, in an attempt to quell citizenship questions, Obama released his long-form birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu. Courts also have rebuffed lawsuits over the issue.
Joshua Wisch, special assistant to Hawaii Attorney General David Louie, called the matter is resolved after Hawaii gave Arizona the verification it sought.
Hawaii - which has vouched for Obama's birth in the state several times as early as October 2008 - didn't bow to the request easily. The Aloha State told Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett he had to prove he needed the records as part of normal business.
Wisch says Hawaii got what it needed, so it gave Bennett's office the verification.
It's not immediately clear whether the information will satisfy Bennett.
The development came the same day Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio defended sending one of his deputies to Hawaii to accompany an official in his volunteer posse that is investigating Obama's birth certificate, despite earlier saying no taxpayer money was being spent on the probe.
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