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"It is embarrassing to watch FR do this. It doesn't matter where Obama was born. If his mother was a US citizen, then he is."

Yep, you're right as far as I can tell.

1401. Nationals and citizens of United States at birth

-(g)  a person born outside the geographical limits of the 
United States and its outlying possessions of parents one 
of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United 
States who, prior to the birth of such person, was 
physically present in the United States or its outlying 
possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than 
five years, at least two of which were after attaining the 
age of fourteen years: Provided, That any periods of 
honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United 
States, or periods of employment with the United States 
Government or with an international organization as that 
term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen 
parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is 
physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son 
or daughter and a member of the household of a person

".....Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent,....."

This was inacted in 1986 and the key word here is PROVIDED. Baracks parents were not military,employed with the U.S. Government, or an Internatioal Organization defined in section 288. It does not say this is retroactive either.

Barack fits into the law that was in place in 1961. Citizen parent has to have been a U.S. citizen 10yrs. 5 before the age of 16 and 5 after the age 16. Baracks mother gave birth at 18yrs so she did not meet the 5 yrs after the age of 16.

Now all this only applies if he was born in Kenya or outside the U.S. and since they are furnishing a phony birth certificate it makes one wonder what he is hiding.

WRONG. That’s current law. You have to look at the law as it was when Obama was born. Sheesh, this has only been explained about 1,000,000,000 times on these threads. See here for a good explanation: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2040486/posts?page=98#98