According to Drudge this photo is being circulated by Clinton staffers. It shows Barack Obama in 2006 “fitted as a Somali Elder, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya” during a five-country tour of Africa.

“Wouldn’t we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were HRC?” questioned one campaign staffer, in an email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT.

In December, the campaign asked one of its volunteer county coordinators in Iowa to step down after the person forwarded an e-mail falsely stating that Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe quickly accused the Clinton campaign Monday of ’shameful offensive fear-mongering’ for circulating the snap.

Plouffe also said:

“On the very day that Senator Clinton is giving a speech about restoring respect for America in the world, her campaign has engaged in the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we’ve seen from either party in this election. This is part of a disturbing pattern that led her county chairs to resign in Iowa, her campaign chairman to resign in New Hampshire, and it’s exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns away Americans of all parties and diminishes respect for America in the world,”.

Update: A little more history on the photo. Gateway Pundit notes that the photo was originally posted at Hans-Geeska Afrika Online on September 1st 2006. It also appeared in the Feb. 4th edition of the National Examiner.

A documentary of Senator Obama’s trip to Africa is available. I haven’t seen it though so I am not sure if this moment is documented there. If anyone has information on that let me know.

Also from Halperin:

Gen. Gration, who was on the trip with Obama, defends photo on media call: “He did what any great leader should do. He accepted the gift, accepted the hospitality, accepted that token of friendship…”

Adviser Susan Rice also points out that she’s traveled with the Clintons to Africa and Bill Clinton did the same thing when he was President.

Update 2

The Internet Finds some fun photos of Senator Clinton playing dress-up. Also see the Clinton campaigns official response.