and dismissal from the service. we wanted to hear from him but as you ll see, he is a man. few words. you say you were refusing your orders because you say there was significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. obama is not eligible to be president. that you said in a note to general casey. ignoring the idea that you actually cited speculation as justification, to say there is significant evidence the president was not born in america is just false. you re an honorable guy. you ve served your country incredibly well. you re a doctor. do you honestly believe president obama was not born in hawaii? let me answer as his lawyer no, no. this is a doctor. this is a man who served his country for 18 years. i think he can answer a question by himself. i think the lawyer should protect the client from incriminating himself. you say it s false. you re not prosecuting this case. okay, lieutenant colonel, if you call up the state of hawaii and you ask for a birth
i submitted an article 138 which is the only way that i could research how to address this issue asking and begging my leadership for guidance in how to address this issue. and the answers that i got were not forthcoming. the standard is not identifying you. the constitution i m addressing your client. lieutenant colonel, you seem like an incredibly honorable man who has obviously served your country. you re a doctor, an educated man. why is it this issue? of all the orders you ve taken, why this? why now? what is it that has got you so sticking on this issue? it is a fundamental of the constitution. and my oath of office is to the constitution. and i believe we need truth on this matter. but i mean, what is wrong with the certificate of live birth in your opinion? how do you explain a newspaper, two newspapers in 1961 announcing the birth of barack obama in hawaii?
he doesn t know. you ve never asked the question because you just assumed they re americans. he doesn t have to be a natural born citizen to be the chief of staff of the army. actually, to serve in the united states army, according to your own documents, citizenship papers have to be brought to bear. that s not the issue. to serve as president of the united states in your own letter. mr. cooper, please. in your own letter, you have said you had to provide your birth certificate. let us answer. are you afraid of letting me answer? no. i would like your client to answer. the issue of the united states constitution is whether the president is eligible to hold the office. that is determined by whether he is 35 years cold and a natural born citizen. those are not requirements for the chief of staff for the army, sir. what colonel lakin has said, there is mounting evidence that he is not, and the original birth certificate has not been released. he has taken let me
lakin. according to a number of experts, he is not even really relevant to the case. under military law, the prosecution will likely only to have show the chain of command is legitimate. not the commander-in-chief. meaning lieutenant colonel lakin stands good chance of conviction and dismissal from the service. we wanted to hear from him but as you ll see, he is a man. few words. you say you were refusing your orders because you say there was significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. obama is not eligible to be president. you said that in a note to general casey. ignoring the idea that you actually cited speculation as justification, to say there is significant evidence the president was not born in america is just false. you re an honorable guy. you ve served your country incredibly well. you re a doctor. do you honestly believe president obama was not born in hawaii? let me answer as his lawyer no, no. this is a doctor. this is a man who served his country for 18
by the fact, it is back and never really went away. arizona legislators tried and failed to pass a measure to demand the president produces his birth certificate if he runs for re-election. in five other states, there is similar legislation pending. at the wall, some of the legislation in at least one state. this is from new hampshire. this is the house bill. name of the candidates shall not appear on the candidate unless the secretary of state has received certified copies of the birth certificates of the candidates. according to a recent washington post abc news poll, take a look at this. 20% or one in five surveyed either say for sure or would say if he had to choose that president obama was born elsewhere. now the birther moment is coalescing around this man. he is a decorated army doctor. an 18-year veteran facing court-martial for disobeying orders to ship out to afghanistan. he said the orders are illegal because he claims that president obama, the commander-in-chief, has not