Strange. I don't recall a statement from Gov. Lingle and it is doubly odd that Fukino's previous two public statements were worded so as to leave uncertainty.
I kind of remember Gov. Lingle getting involved, but not clear on what she said. I recall reading here on FR from those who had brought this issue up that Lingle would be the one to blow the lie open, but unfortunately that did not happen
Fukino's first statement on 10.31.2008:
"There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth certificate. State law (Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record," DOH Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said.
"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures," Fukino said.
(http://www.kitv.com/r/17860890/detail.html)
Fukino's second statement on o7.29.09
"I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago...."
(http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-27-obama-hawaii_N.htm)
No where in these two quotes does Fukino state that he has seen the actual, original long form birth certificate and that according to that document, Odumbo was born in Hawaii and that bothhis parents were United States citizens at the time of ODumbo's birth.