Claim: We continue to receive queries about claims and theories advanced by "birthers," who wish to believe that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the USA or that he somehow gave up his citizenship and thus is not qualified to hold the office he occupies. One is a claim, first advanced last year, that his trip to Pakistan in 1981 proves he must not have been a U.S. citizen because Americans were not permitted to travel there at the time.
Fact-check: More "Birther" Nonsense: Obama's 1981 Pakistan Trip - FactCheck.org
Verdict: we continue to receive queries about claims and theories advanced by "birthers," who wish to believe that barack obama is not a natural-born citizen of the usa or that he somehow gave up his citizenship and thus is not qualified to hold the office he occupies. one is a claim, first advanced last year, that his trip to pakistan in 1981 proves he must not have been a u.s. citizen because americans were not permitted to travel there at the time.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2009-06-05T19:06:02