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Turns Out, Obama Met His Uncle After All

In fact, he lived with him in Cambridge, says White House in correcting the record

(Newser) - Whoops. The White House had to make a strange about-face today and acknowledge that President Obama has, in fact, met his Uncle Omar . Not only that, but the younger Obama actually lived with his uncle for a few weeks in Cambridge in the 1980s, reports the Boston Globe . The tidbit...

Obama's 'Drunken Uncle' Staying in US

Onyango Obama gets green card

(Newser) - Onyango Obama, or as some in the GOP like to call him, President Obama's "drunken uncle," is staying in the States. A US immigration judge ruled yesterday that the elder Obama, who dodged deportation for decades and was arrested in 2011 for drunk driving, can remain in...

Obama Uncle Gets New Deportation Hearing

He was ordered to leave US 20 years ago

(Newser) - President Obama's uncle is getting a new deportation hearing after an appeals board ordered the agency running the US immigration court system to review his case. Onyango Obama, the half brother of the president's late father, is from Kenya but has lived in the United States for decades....

Obama's Uncle Arrives at Court, Giggling

Onyango Obama apparently tickled by media attention

(Newser) - President Obama’s half-uncle was in court today on drunk-driving charges —and he seemed to find the media's attention rather funny, notes the Boston Herald , which describes him as giggling and "stifling laughter" a number of times. Accompanied by attorneys and an unidentified man, Onyango Obama made...

GOP Rep: Get Obama's 'Drunken Uncle' Down Here

Steve King thinks there's a double standard here

(Newser) - Rep. Steve King thinks President Obama's latest family embarrassment, the boozing Onyango Obama, is getting preferential treatment in his drunk-driving case, so the Iowa Republican wants to give him a little more special attention—in the way of a House hearing. "We have to bring drunken 'Uncle...

Oyango Obama, Obama's Uncle, Out of Jail
 Obama's Uncle Out of Jail 
Sep 9, 2011 10:28 AM CDT

Obama's Uncle Out of Jail

But no one's giving any details on what happened to Oyango Obama

(Newser) - President Obams’s uncle, Oyango Obama, is out of jail, but authorities are being awfully coy about the details. Officials won’t say if the 67-year-old posted bond, or if they’re keeping tabs on him, or even if they’re still trying to deport him, the Boston Globe reports....

Illegal Obama Uncle Obama Onyango Probed After DUI Arrest
 Illegal Obama 
 Uncle Had 
 SSN, License 
DUI ARREST PROBE
Aug 30, 2011 6:05 AM CDT

Illegal Obama Uncle Had SSN, License

Obama Onyango had valid Social Security number for 19 years

(Newser) - The headline birthers dream of—"Illegal Kenyan Immigrant Obama Busted"—has become reality with the arrest of a relative of President Obama's in Massachusetts. Obama Onyango, a half-brother of Obama's father, was charged last week with drunk driving after nearly slamming his SUV into a police...

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