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Did Fukino ever “verify” that they had a birth certificate for Obama - as reported in just about every news report in the country? Like in her announcements? What were those, anyway? Where in the statutes does it cover those press releases? How does it describe them?

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Here, again, is that press release from Oct 31, 2008:

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
News Release
LINDA LINGLE
GOVERNOR

CHIYOME LEINAALA FUKINO M.D.
DIRECTOR
Phone: (808) 586-4410
Fax: (808) 586-4444

For Immediate Release: October 31, 2008 08-93

STATEMENT BY DR. CHIYOME FUKINO

“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.
“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.
“No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawai’i.”
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For more information, contact:
Janice Okubo
Communications Office
Phone: (808) 586-4442
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What was that? Was it a verification? And where is it covered in the statutes?

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And here is the statement on July 27, 2009 (found at http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2009/09-063.pdf ): “I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Hawai‛i State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawai‘i State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawai‘i 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.” Was that a verification of place of birth? Was it a verification of what is on "vital records"? Where is that covered in the statutes? Is Fukino herself verifying the fact of a Hawaii birth, or is the verifying that there are records which verify (swear to) a Hawaii birth? How is what Onaka just did any different than what Fukino did for every person in the country - eligible or not, according to HRS 338-18 (aside from the number of items she disclosed from the "vital records")?