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To: dennisw
dennisw said: "John McCain (born in Panama)......Ineligible as far as I know, "

Babies born to foreign diplomats stationed in the U.S. do not become U.S. citizens. The words of the Fourteenth Amendment, "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" do not apply to those in the U.S. with diplomatic immunity.

Similarly, at least some U.S. military stationed in foreign countries are there under the provisions of treaties with those countries and are not completely "subject to the jurisdiction" of those countries. Also, such people are perhaps completely "subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S. government.

Thus it is completely possible that a child born to a U.S. military couple located in a foreign country does not gain the citizenship of that country. To suggest that such a child becomes a "stateless person" because of the location of his two U.S. citizen parents is, I think, a conclusion without merit.

58 posted on 08/21/2015 11:00:32 AM PDT by William Tell
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To: William Tell
Thus it is completely possible that a child born to a U.S. military couple located in a foreign country does not gain the citizenship of that country. To suggest that such a child becomes a "stateless person" because of the location of his two U.S. citizen parents is, I think, a conclusion without merit.

Of course John McCain was born a US citizen but is a he a natural born citizen? Which is necessary to be president and vice-president

66 posted on 08/21/2015 1:39:37 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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