Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Barack Obama says Mitt Romney opposes contraception mandate and would cut Planned Parenthood funding

August 8, 2012
Says Mitt Romney opposes requiring employers to cover contraception and would eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Mitt Romney would add “trillions” to the deficit while Barack Obama would “cut the deficit by $4 trillion,” says Obama TV ad

August 7, 2012
Says Romney would add "trillions" to the deficit while Obama would "cut the deficit by $4 trillion."
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It’s typical for presidential candidates to release 10 or 11 years of returns, Clinton says

August 1, 2012
It’s "typical" for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.
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Romney said Reagan sent troops into conflict only once

July 31, 2012
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
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Calligraphers make more than national security directors in Obama White House, says Mike Huckabee

July 30, 2012
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
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Ad says Mitt Romney had Olympic uniforms made in Burma

July 27, 2012
Says Romney had the uniforms for the 2002 Winter Olympic games made in Burma.
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Obama ad says Romney opposed abortion, even in cases of rape and incest

July 25, 2012
Says Mitt Romney "backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest."
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg says 40 percent of guns are sold without a background check

July 25, 2012
"There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and…
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Stimulus went to windmills from China? Romney ad says so

July 23, 2012
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
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Romney says stimulus money for solar and energy was “outsourced” to overseas companies

July 20, 2012
The Obama administration "has been outsourcing" by sending money to "solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the United States."
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Romney ad says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters

July 20, 2012
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
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Barack Obama says Mitt Romney received carried interest, a tax ‘trick’

July 18, 2012
Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
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