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In the thread here and elsewhere, it is asserted that he may have been adopted by his Indonesian father and that such an adoption would have stripped his US citizenship (if any) as Indonesia did not and does not allow dual citizenship, and the US must comply in international adoption cases with the adopting country’s laws.

There is no provision in American law that allows a parent or stepparent to renounce a minor child's citizenship in the name of the minor child. Period. American law covers American citizenship and Indonesian law has no relevance.

Insert picture of Calvin urinating on the Indonesian law code here.

Unfortunately Barack Obama is an American citizen, much to my regret. Your statement that the U.S. must conform to Indonesian law shows that you have been misled and/or are confused.

There is nothing in American law that forbids dual citizenship. There is nothing in American law that forbids a dual citizen from being President if he has sufficient electoral votes.

Barack Obama's character and past may make him an unsuitable President, but the American people have elected him. The American people will endure the consequences of their folly.

“There is nothing in American law that forbids dual citizenship. There is nothing in American law that forbids a dual citizen from being President if he has sufficient electoral votes.”

The Constitution refers to a requirement that a President have been a “natural born citizen”. If at the time of birth, Nobama had dual citizenship or had actually been born outside the USA, then that would call into question his status as a “natural born citizen”, don’t you think?

While I’m not sure I’d want a President who later in life acquired dual citizenship, the real question is what was his status at the time of birth.

You are generating a lot of verbage and misrepresenting it as fact. Lookup the US statutes on international adoptions. There you will see that the US will as authorized by referenced treaties follow international law.

Call any immigration attorney and the will tell you that an American child that is internationally adopted will risk losing citizenship.

Right now I have a relative that is trying to regain Australian citizenship from an Aussie mother who married a US serviceman. My relative was adopted at age 7 and gained US citizenship and simultaneously lost Australian citizenship. The treaty goes both ways.

Seriously you need to learn about international adoptions and the red tape that is involved. It is so complex that it is impossible to navigate without a specialized attorney.