The White House has released a more extensive record of President Obama’s birth certificate in response to longstanding right-wing claims he was not born in the United States. Obama said the issue had become a distraction.

President Obama: “I know that there’s going to be a segment of people for which, no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. But I’m speaking to the vast majority of the American people, as well as to the press. We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do. We’ve got big problems to solve.”