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Q1: Why isn't Barack Obama's birth location discussed?

A1: This article is about Barack Obama's early life and career. The conspiracy theories surrounding the location of his birth have very little relevance to that topic. The article Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories contains a very good synopsis of the various theories as to his birthplace and citizenship. Any relevant information should be discussed there.

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Dual citizenship of Kenya and US until 23

It is apparently a fact that he was a dual citizen of Kenya and the USA until 23 (factcheck.org) https://web.archive.org/web/20120425214011/http://factcheck.org/2008/08/obamas-kenyan-citizenship/ Have any other presidents had dual citizenship since the founding generation? Isnt this noteworthy? 126.250.7.243 (talk) 23:53, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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