That's the full name the US president will use at inauguration.
Mr Obama, a lifelong Christian, told the Chicago Tribune that he would adhere to custom for the inauguration ceremony. -- PHOTO: AP
WASHINGTON - BARACK Obama said in an interview with a US newspaper he will follow tradition and be sworn in as US president using his full name, including his middle name Hussein.
During the presidential campaign, some of Mr Obama's political opponents referred to his middle name in an attempt to portray him as a secret Muslim with alleged ties to extremists.
But Mr Obama, a lifelong Christian, told the Chicago Tribune that he would adhere to custom for the inauguration ceremony.
'I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition,' Mr Obama told the Tribune, which posted the interview on its website late on Tuesday.
'I'm not trying to make a statement one way or another. I'll do what everybody else does.'
His Republican rival John McCain reprimanded a supporter at one point during the campaign for referring to Mr Obama by his full name, saying it was 'inappropriate.'
When endorsing Mr Obama in October, former secretary of state Colin Powell criticised those spreading false rumors claiming Mr Obama as a Muslim, saying it reflected religious prejudice.
