FILE - In this 2005 file photo provided by CNN, news anchor Lou Dobbs sits on the set of his show, "Lou Dobs Tonight," in New York. Six months after Barack Obama's inauguration, a persistent and noisy legion of doubters won't let go of an already debunked claim, that he is actually a foreign-born, illegal president. Mainstream Republicans who want the issue to go away are having a tough time stamping it out as the so-called "birthers" resurface, with assists from talk show host Rush Limbaugh and CNN's Lou Dobbs. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

FILE - In this 2005 file photo provided by CNN, news anchor Lou Dobbs sits on the set of his show, "Lou Dobs Tonight," in New York. Six months after Barack Obama's inauguration, a persistent and noisy legion of doubters won't let go of an already debunked claim, that he is actually a foreign-born, illegal president. Mainstream Republicans who want the issue to go away are having a tough time stamping it out as the so-called "birthers" resurface, with assists from talk show host Rush Limbaugh and CNN's Lou Dobbs.

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  1. In this photo provided by NBC Universal, Matt Lauer talks with former CNN commentator Lou Dobbs on NBC's "Today" show, in New York, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

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  1. Lou Dobbs speaks at a news conference in New York in this April 10, 2001 file photo. Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
  2. In this photo provided by NBC Universal, Matt Lauer talks with former CNN commentator Lou Dobbs on NBC's "Today" show, in New York, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  3. Longtime CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, left, who resigned from the cable network last week after 29 years, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
  4. Longtime CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, left, who resigned from the cable network last week after working there for 29 years, speaks to Bill O'Reilly at the start of a segment for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
  5. Lou Dobbs is shown just before taping during an interview with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Dobbs announced his resignation from CNN last week after working at the Cable News Network for 29 years.
  6. Longtime CNN commentator Lou Dobbs, left, who resigned from the cable network last week after working there for 29 years, speaks to Bill O'Reilly at the start of a segment for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.
  7. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  9. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is seen on the sideline before the start of an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Indianapolis.
  14. Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is seen on the sideline before the start of an NFL football game between New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Indianapolis.
  15. Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is seen on the sideline before the start of an NFL football game between New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Indianapolis.
  16. This photo provided by Rush Limbaugh shows Limbaugh in his Palm Beach, Fla. radio studio, the last week of Sept., 2009. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he would not tolerate "divisive" comments from an NFL owner like the ones the talk show host made about Donovan McNabb in 2003. And Colts owner Jim Irsay says he would vote to bar Limbaugh if he tries to buy the St. Louis Rams.

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