Is Someone Born on a U.S. Military Base Eligible...?

Military bases are considered US soil.

Yes, someone born in Alaska and Hawaii is eligible.

"One is that you have to have been born in the U.S."

That is actually not correct. It states that you must be a "Natural Born Citizen", it says nothing about the location you were born. So as long as you are a citizen when you were born (meaning that you have never had to apply for citizenship), then you are good to go. Do you realize that mean that a Puerto Rican that was born in Puerto Rico is a legal U.S. citizen and can legally become the President? Just like another answer said, if you were born in Hawaii or Alaska before they were states...they were still U.S. territory and all the residents were U.S. citizens.

Yes, all the instances you described are appropriate places to be born in. McCain was born on a US owned base, to American parents, so it is fine. If it were illegal, someone would have noticied it by now. Alaska and Hawaii were both US territories even before they became states. Obama was born after 1959 anyway. Even if the person was born before they became territories, everyone within Hawaii and Alaska became citizens anyway.

Joaney S, do you just not like to answer actual questions?

Yes.. if born on a military base .

Yes.. if born in Alaska or Hawaii before 1959 ... they were territories owned by the U.S. before they became states

A lot of you seem to be confused on this matter. Being born on a US military base in a foreign country does not mean you are a US citizen; military installations are not considered US territory with regards to citizenship...here is a link and quote from a state dept. document about citizenship...

"c. Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S.

diplomatic or consular facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the

14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to the

jurisdiction of the United States and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth."

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86755....

If your parents are US citizens, then you are a natural born US citizen regardless of what country you are born in.

Yes!! US Military bases are considered US soil. This happens more commonly for US kids in Germany and South Korea.

Nope they would not be eligible because they were not born in the US

If you are born on a US military base....regardless of that bases location... you were born on American soil according to the US government.. Period.

This is the problem Bush has with Guantanamo...

He's been skirting our own laws regarding POW's, due process, human rights....etc., by "detaining" people in Guantanamo...The claim his administration has made is that Guantanamo is not within the US..therefore our laws, nor do any of our treaties apply there...however, our base in Guantanamo IS considered legally US soil...therefore our laws SHOULD still apply.

If you were born in guantanamo, US base...you would be an American citizen.

You are a citizen of the United States if you were born in America and all that comes under United States control.

Embassies and military bases in other nations are considered US soil for all legal purposes. So yes, someone born in a military base certainly meets that qualification for running for president.

Yes. Mitt Romney father were born in Chihuahua, Mexico and was a presicential candidate.