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Originally posted by earlywatcher
Originally posted by smurfy
edit to add, You don't say if Obama's birth certificate was in question at congress at the time of the John McCain congress vote.
[edit on 11-6-2010 by smurfy]
it wasn't brought up, therefore not discussed. interesting, don't you think? why wouldn't they have wanted to discuss obama's birth certificate?
John McCain (born 1936), who ran for the Republican party nomination in 2000 and was the Republican nominee in 2008, was born of two U.S. citizen parents at the Colón Hospital in Colón, Republic of Panama.[45] The city of Colón was outside the US-administered Panama Canal Zone and remained Panamanian territory throughout the existence of the Canal Zone.[46][47][48][49] The former unincorporated territory of the Panama Canal Zone and its related military facilities were not regarded as United States territory at the time,[50] but 8 U.S.C. § 1403, which became law in 1937, retroactively conferred citizenship on individuals born within the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and on individuals born in the Republic of Panama on or after that date who had at least one U.S. citizen parent employed by the U.S. government or the Panama Railway Company
Originally posted by lpowell0627
reply to post by smurfy
There is no question regarding McCain's status as a natural-born citizen.
The government, in 1937, declared persons born in the Panama Canal Zone with at least one parent working for either the US government [military] OR the Panama Railway citizens of the United States.
John McCain (born 1936), who ran for the Republican party nomination in 2000 and was the Republican nominee in 2008, was born of two U.S. citizen parents at the Colón Hospital in Colón, Republic of Panama.[45] The city of Colón was outside the US-administered Panama Canal Zone and remained Panamanian territory throughout the existence of the Canal Zone.[46][47][48][49] The former unincorporated territory of the Panama Canal Zone and its related military facilities were not regarded as United States territory at the time,[50] but 8 U.S.C. § 1403, which became law in 1937, retroactively conferred citizenship on individuals born within the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and on individuals born in the Republic of Panama on or after that date who had at least one U.S. citizen parent employed by the U.S. government or the Panama Railway Company
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