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There's a whole birther mythology about this issue that includes a number of elements. These elements are almost entirely false. Among them are the claims that Hawaii only confirmed they have "A" birth certificate, and that anyone born outside Hawaii can get one.

It's not false and you know it. Hawaii only said they had documentation on file about Obama birth. They did not say what it was.

And you know prior to 1972 Hawaii issued COLB's to foreign born babies.

"It's not false and you know it. Hawaii only said they had documentation on file about Obama birth. They did not say what it was."

To verify we did indeed have the correct document, we contacted the Hawaii Department of Health, which maintains such records.
"It's a valid Hawaii state birth certificate," spokesman Janice Okubo said June 13, 2008, after we e-mailed her our copy.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/13/obamas-birth-certificate/

And....

"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai'i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai'i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama's original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures," Fukino said in the three paragraph statement.
"No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawai'i," the statement concludes.
Does this mean Obama was born in Hawaii?
"Yes," said Hawaii Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo, in both email and telephone interviews with the Tribune. "That's what Dr. Fukino is saying."
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/11/obama_hawaaianborn_citizen_for.html