Day: April 27, 2011
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Open More Doors Starting This Summer— what a great exhortation! And for effect, what better place to put that message than on the outside of a set of elevator doors? Press the elevator button, and you will open doors– right now! (why wait for even the summer?!)
Obama Birth Certificate — Can We Please Move On Now?
By JARED A. FAVOLE And CAROL LEE
WASHINGTON—The White House on Wednesday released President Barack Obama’s original “Certificate of Live Birth” from Hawaii amid persistent questions about his citizenship.
The long-form birth certificate, which the White House requested, says Mr. Obama was born at 7:24 p.m. on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. The White House said Hawaii doesn’t generally release long-form birth certificates but did so at the president’s request.
The administration previously released a less detailed version of Mr. Obama’s birth certificate.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the decision to release the document came because “the president was struck by how this was crowding out the debate” on the budget.” He added that “it became an issue that transcended” the Internet and conspiracy theorists and had moved into the mainstream.
“The president decided to do this…because this was a sideshow that’s distracting from” significant issues, Mr. Pfeiffer said.
The new version has signatures of the attending doctor and President Obama’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, who was 18 at the time, the certificate says.
President Obama is expected to make a statement Wednesday morning.