If I had some DNA, it wouldn't assuage those who don't believe he was born here,' Gibbs also said. 'I have news for them and all of us. The president was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the 50th state of the greatest country on the face of the earth. He is a citizen.'

Gibbs comments came as Republican Senator James Inhofe was quoted in Politico as saying the 'birthers' 'have a point.'

'The point that they make is the Constitutional mandate that the US President be a natural born citizen, and the White House has not done a very good job of dispelling the concerns of these citizens,' he said in a statement later clarifying his remarks.

'My focus is on issues where I can make a difference to stop the liberal agenda being pushed by President Obama.

(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)