Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on May 9, 2022 a campaign ad
“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
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By Lyle Muller • May 27, 2022
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 15, 2021 a tweet
The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”
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By Trenton Straight, Zach DeLuca • September 21, 2021
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on September 1, 2021 a Facebook post
Says U.S. left 33 Black Hawks to the Taliban, which has more than “85%” of all countries.
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By Paul Specht • September 20, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 a press conference
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
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By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 19, 2021 an Instagram post.
"Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts."
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By Jason Asenso • August 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 18, 2021 an interview with ABC News
“We had already issued several thousand Special Immigrant Visas .. to the (Afghan) translators, when I came into office.”
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By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • August 19, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on August 15, 2021 an Instagram post
Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.
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August 17, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich.
"We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on February 7, 2014 an email blast
"More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 a tweet
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
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By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 5, 2013 television interview
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost every U.S. family $45,000.
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By Janel Davis • May 13, 2013
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 15, 2012 a campaign commercial
"When Marcy Kaptur brought home $42 million for new manufacturing jobs, Dennis Kucinich voted 'no'."
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By Tom Feran • February 24, 2012
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on December 14, 2011 a speech welcoming home troops at Fort Bragg.
Says President Obama "helped more than half a million veterans and military family members go to college through the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill."
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By Molly Moorhead • December 19, 2011
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on July 7, 2010 MSNBC's Morning Joe
The United States accounted for 26 percent of worldwide military spending during the Cold War, but now accounts for 41 percent.
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By Erin Mershon • August 13, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 1, 2010 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on May 16, 2010 a blog on his campaign website
In Afghanistan "the (military) leadership has proposed a new medal, an award for 'Courageous Restraint' ... for 'NOT FIRING BACK.' "
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By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2010
Pray in Jesus Name Project
Pray in Jesus Name Project
stated on May 17, 2009 an advertisement
"The Pentagon under the Obama administration has just acknowledged seizing and burning the privately owned Bibles of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan."
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May 18, 2009