Family of doctor who delivered Obama 'honored'

HONOLULU — The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama's birth certificate woke up to the news that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama.
Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press on Wednesday they were "blown away" and "honored" to hear the news that he delivered the nation's 44th president.

So-called "birthers" have questioned Obama's birthplace and his legitimacy to be president.
A signature on the certificate appears to read "David. A. Sinclair."
Karl Sinclair, of Kailua, says his father delivered babies all over the state when Obama was born in 1961.

The doctor died in 2003.

President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate

Posted by Dan Pfeiffer on April 27, 2011 at 08:57 AM EDT

Ed. Note: Read the transcript of the President's remarks following this release or watch the video below:
In 2008, in response to media inquiries, the President’s campaign requested his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii. The state sent the campaign the President’s birth certificate, the same legal documentation provided to all Hawaiians as proof of birth in state, and the campaign immediately posted it on the internet. That birth certificate can be seen here (PDF).
When any citizen born in Hawaii requests their birth certificate, they receive exactly what the President received. In fact, the document posted on the campaign website is what Hawaiians use to get a driver’s license from the state and the document recognized by the Federal Government and the courts for all legal purposes. That’s because it is the birth certificate. This is not and should not be an open question.
The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting. President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate can be seen here (PDF):



President Barack Obama laughs in the White House briefing room in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2011, as he speaks to reporters about the controversy over his birth certificate and true nationality.