On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:58:06 -0500, "Opus"
wrote:


Obama just barely is a citizen, I might add:

Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Hawaii Statehood: August 21, 1959
http://www.hawaiischoolreports.com/h.../statehood.htm

Op

Wouldn't he have been a citizen even if Hawaii never changed from
territory (or protectorate or whatever) to state? I suspect that
anyone born in Puerto Rico is a U.S. citizen, for instance.
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