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Two of three convicted in military commissions have been released

By Angie Drobnic Holan
February 16, 2010
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
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Biden overstates role of Medicare, Medicaid in U.S. health care spending

By Louis Jacobson
February 16, 2010
Among the money spent on health care in the United States, "46 cents on every dollar spent is through Medicare and Medicaid."
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Cheney says Obama initially said Christmas Day bomber was an ‘isolated extremist’

By Louis Jacobson
February 15, 2010
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
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Perry says the TEA checks whether undocumented students are applying for permanent residency

February 15, 2010
Says the Texas Education Agency follows up to make sure undocumented immigrants paying in-state tuition at Texas colleges are applying for permanent residency.
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Farouk Shami says state of Texas has killed lots of innocent people

By W. Gardner Selby
February 14, 2010
"We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."
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Perry says Texas has a surplus in billions

February 13, 2010
"We have billions in surplus."
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Obama claims Bush administration got 190 terrorism convictions in federal court

February 13, 2010
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
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Shami says poll workers request voters’ driver’s licenses to verify citizenship

February 12, 2010
"When we go to vote, they ask for driver's license and verify that you are a voter and a citizen in the state of Texas."
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Boehner says unemployment will stay at 10 percent this year

February 12, 2010
Despite touting the economic stimulus as a great triumph, "The very same report, however, notes that unemployment will average 10 percent for the rest of…
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Hutchison says public money paid for Perry’s Vegas trip

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms
February 11, 2010
"Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."
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Beck claims Obama has outspent even Franklin Roosevelt as a percent of GDP

By Louis Jacobson
February 11, 2010
Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below…
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E-mail claims ‘In God We Trust’ removed from dollar coins

By Lukas Pleva
February 11, 2010
On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
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