Does New Evidence Reveal Obama Was Not Born In The U.S.? Were anxious to see how Obama explains away this one. According to recent reports, Obamas 1981 Columbia University ID card has just surfaced on the Internet, and what it reveals is shocking. If the information on the card is correct, Obama attended college under the name of Barry Soetoro, the surname of his Indonesian stepfather. As if that werent enough to leave you scratching your head, the card is marked Foreign Student, meaning that at the time of his attendance, Obama was claiming that he wasnt born in the United States. What do you think? Does Obama owe Americans an explanation? 