John Garcia wrote: > technically, the first seven Presidents were born in what was at the time, > colonies of the British Empire. the first President to be born after the US > became an independent country was Martin Van Buren. > John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone to a serving US Navy officer > and is considered a natural born citizen. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii > after it became a state. until the Constitution is changed to permit > naturalized citizens to become President, no one born in Austria will be > elected President.
What about offspring of someone in the U.S. Foreign Service in Austria working at the U.S. embassy, for example? --[Lance] -- GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF 15D9 6EEE 9A82 F2AC 69AC 07B9 CACert.org Assurer _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l