Kenyan Ambassador Peter N.R.O. Ogego is saying he's "infuriated" by a radio program's efforts to "misquote" him on the subject of President- elect Barack Obama's birthplace – but he refused to confirm whether Obama was born in the United States.
In an exclusive interview with WND today, Ogego was specifically asked whether Obama is a natural-born U.S. citizen. "I don't know," he said with a tone of irritation. "You should ask your government. I know his father is Kenyan." He continued with a rhetorical question: "Obama is an American, isn't he?" On Nov. 6, only two days after the election, Detroit radio talk-show hosts Mike Clark, Trudi Daniels and Marc Fellhauer on WRIF's "Mike In The Morning" called the Embassy of Kenya in Washington, D.C., to speak with Ambassador Ogego. The interview with the Kenyan ambassador was widely publicized after he called President-elect Barack Obama's Kenyan birthplace a "well- known" attraction: Clark: "We want to congratulate you on Barack Obama, our new president, and you must be very proud." Ogego: "We are. We are. We are also proud of the U.S. for having made history as well." Fellhauer: "One more quick question, President-elect Obama's birthplace over in Kenya, is that going to be a national spot to go visit, where he was born?" Ogego: "It's already an attraction. His paternal grandmother is still alive." Fellhauer: "His birthplace, they'll put up a marker there?" Ogego: "It would depend on the government. It's already well known." Clark said Ogego's statement that Obama's Kenyan birthplace was already an attraction caught them off guard. "The point is, we expected him to say, 'No. Obama was not born in Kenya, but there is an attraction to honor his father.' I would of thought that would of been the answer if anything," he said. http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82060 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
