Kansas Republican establishment goes full birther

Kansas Republican establishment goes full birther
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, bigot and birther (though that's redundant)

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is already well known in the Latino community—he's the author of Arizona's hateful SB 1070 law and, as an adviser to Mitt Romney, a big reason that our nation's top vulture capitalist will lose the Latino vote in record numbers this year.

But unsatisfied with keeping brown people out of the United States, Kobach is now spearheading an effort to keep a brown person out of the White House.

Three of the state's top elected Republicans on Thursday determined they lacked sufficient evidence of President Barack Obama's birth records to decide whether to remove the Democratic nominee from the November ballot in Kansas.

The State Objections Board comprised of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer postponed until Monday action on a complaint filed by a Manhattan resident

pending review of a copy of Obama's birth certificate from Hawaii.

Remains of Libya attack victims return home

Updated at 4:09 p.m. ET

(CBS/AP) ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - President Obama on Friday honored the four Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, recalling their lives in deeply personal terms and declaring the United States will never pull back on its principles or "retreat from the world."

"Their sacrifice will never be forgotten," Mr. Obama said as four flag-draped cases rested near him. He had come to witness the return of those slain in the assault on the American diplomatic mission, including the U.S. ambassador, Christopher Stevens.

In the heat of a presidential election year, the scene was a gripping reminder of the danger facing Americans in diplomatic and military service every day, and of the turmoil in an incendiary region of the world that continues to test Mr. Obama's leadership.

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