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Summary The new document confirms that Obama was born in Hawaii on Aug 4, 1961.
The White House on Wednesday released a longer version of President Barack Obamas US birth certificate to try to quiet charges from some Republicans that he was not born in the United States.Obama called the controversy over his birth certificate a “side show” that distracted from important issues such as the federal budget. He told reporters at the White House “I have watched with bemusement, I’ve been puzzled at the degree to which this thing just kept on going.”Questions about his birth have been pushed in recent weeks by real estate tycoon Donald Trump, who says he is considering a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. “We do not have time for this kind of silliness. Weve got better stuff to do. Ive got better stuff to do. Weve got big problems to solve. And Im confident we can solve them, but were going to have to focus on them -- not on this,” Obama added.The new document confirms what a shorter version has said, that Obama was born in Hawaii on Aug 4, 1961, but provides a little more information, such as that he was born at Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital.
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