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I would suggest you go back a few years and you'd see it became unnecessary to register - beginning with the year of my 18th birthday (1976). I know because they REFUSED my registration. Obaba is just three years my junior, so I know it wasn't required by law for him to register.

Obama's Birthday - August 4, 1961
Registration was indeed suspended early in 1975 but restarted in 1980.
Obama was required to register by Federal law.
Obama's Stop The Smears is trying hard to carry the line you tout but where there's smoke there's fire!

Proclamation 4771--Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act

1-1. Persons to be Registered and Days of Registration.

1-101. Male citizens of the United States and other males residing in the United States, unless exempted by the Military Selective Service Act, as amended, who were born on or after January 1, 1960, and who have attained their eighteenth birthday, shall present themselves for registration in the manner and at the time and places as hereinafter provided.

1-102. Persons born in calendar year 1960 shall present themselves for registration on any of the six days beginning Monday, July 21, 1980.

1-103. Persons born in calendar year 1961 shall present themselves for registration on any of the six days beginning Monday, July 28, 1980. Barrack Hussein Obama fits rights here!

1-104. Persons born in calendar year 1962 shall present themselves for registration on any of the six days beginning Monday, January 5, 1981.

1-105. Persons born on or after January 1, 1963, shall present themselves for registration on the day they attain the 18th anniversary of their birth or on any day within the period of 60 days beginning 30 days before such date; however, in no event shall such persons present themselves for registration prior to January 5, 1981.

More at Link to Federal Archives