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APBy MARK NIESSE
HONOLULU (AP) - Until this week, Hawaii officials said they wouldn't release original birth records for anyone, under any circumstances. Even if it was President Barack Obama.
Then they heard from the president himself.
"I am writing to request two certified copies of my original certificate of live birth," the president wrote on White House letterhead, dated April 22.
State officials then decided to make an exception to a 2001 policy that prohibited anyone from getting a photocopy of an original birth certificate. They usually hand out computer-generated versions.
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President Barack Obama gestures while speaking to reporters about the controversy over his birth certificate and true nationality, Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)