Now that President Obama has proven that he is indeed a U.S. citizen and therefore our legitimate president, I call on all who questioned his legitimacy to produce written documentation that they were not motivated by hate or racism. KENT SCHNEIDER, ST. PAUL

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Obama was right to speak about his birth certificate. It's a matter of the truth and intelligence vs. lies, ignorance and, as the president said, "silliness."

As a public teacher for 36 years, when students would come to me and say that another student was telling lies about them, my first response was to tell them to ignore that person, which is exactly what the president had been doing.

However, if the lying continued, I would tell the student(s) who were not telling the truth that they needed to stop, and a statement was made about what was the truth. This is exactly what the president has done.

SYLVIA K. GOLDMAN, ANOKA

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Obama has finally erased any doubt that he was born in the United States. He still remains the most unqualified and incompetent person ever elected president. There is no doubt about that. GEORGE GAIDA, WINONA, MINN.

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