[Old Student]

"I did not get the impression he has ever resided in the States, he even states at the beginning of the article though rather oddly he is an American citizen basically b accident of birth. "

If he was born here, and hasn't already renounced citizenship, he's an American citizen. By Law. If his parents were tourists or resident aliens, by the laws of Great Britain, he may also have citizenship there, but by our law, he is one of us. Period. I got the impression from the article that he's traveled here on an American passport before, and just failed to renew it, and that is why he was told he needed to renew if he wanted to reenter the US. A passport is only good for 7 years, unless they've changed since I last had one, a little over ten years ago.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Another good reason why everyone should just have ONE citizenship.

[thinkthenpost]

That does not address the requiring a person to travel to the United States with a State Department issued passport if they are also legally entitled to another countries passport. You seem to advocate citizenship documentation for international travel from your birth country only which may be fine, but currently is not the international standard. The State Department has even issued recommendations that if you can use another country's passport to do so rather than your American issued passport.
It just seems like a solution with little or no problem.