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Posted By: davidcycleback

It's interesting to note that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Hancock et al were all British citizens, and Washington was a Brigadier General in the British Army.

There were some citizen questions about George Romney (Mitt's dad and former Governor of Michigan) when he ran for President, as he was born in Mexico.

The citizenship law is quite clear. To paraphrase, it says if you were born a US Citizen, you are eligible to run for US President. It doesn't say you have to be born in the US, and, in fact, Romney legally ran for President.