[CaptainK]

He left Indonesia when he was 10 so I don't buy that's when he acquired it. It's too big for the hand of a 10 year old. It's not the ring of a 10 year old.

However it could be a very special friendship ring from his very special Pakistani friend.

[JohnBovenmyer]

A clearly Obama related text, with clear provenance, from an early date. Is there any publicly viewable text, with indisputable Obama ties and authenticity that can be dated earlier than this? If not, vet it on those grounds.