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Trump finally says President Obama was born in the US

(AP) -- After five years as the chief promoter of the false idea that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, Donald Trump admitted on Friday that the president was -- and claimed credit

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Sep 16, 2016, 3:54 PM

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