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Donald Trump: Said at a Washington event, as the Republican nominee, that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. He offered no apology for the preceding years and said, incorrectly, that Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign had started the claim.

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2016-09-16
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Said at a Washington event, as the Republican nominee, that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. He offered no apology for the preceding years and said, incorrectly, that Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign had started the claim.

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  1. https://www.npr.org/2016/09/16/494231757/without-apology-trump-now-says-obama-was-born-in-the-u-s
  2. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/reversing-course-trump-admits-obama-born-u-s
  3. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2016/9/17/donald-trump-finally-admits-obama-was-born-in-us

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