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World Nut Daily:

Arizona sheriff promises Obama-eligibility probe

REALITY:

Arpaio clarifies stand on Obama birth certificate
by KTAR.com (August 19th, 2011 @ 12:29pm)

PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has denied that he "promised" Tea Party leaders in Arizona to investigate the validity of Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate to determine the president's eligibility for the 2012 election ballot.

Arpaio said he met in his office Thursday with a Tea Party group which presented him with 242 signatures asking for the investigation.

"What I have agreed to do, contrary to some published media reports, is simply look at the evidence these people have assembled and examine whether it is within my jurisdiction to investigate the document's authenticity," Arpaio said in a written statement Friday.