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Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin

"We’re already bombing seven countries."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.

When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016

Jack Reed
stated on January 20, 2016 a letter

"It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."

By Mark Reynolds • January 31, 2016

Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech

In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."

By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 a TV interview

The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"

By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.

By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014

John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement

"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."

September 29, 2013

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 a speech

Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."

By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012

David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2011 a letter posted on a blog

Says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force "does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for American service members."

By Lynn Arditi • September 18, 2011

Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 an interview on "Morning Joe."

The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2011 comments to reporters.

"Some of the men serving in the (Afghan) armed forces have never driven a vehicle before."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 17, 2011

Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 10, 2010 a statement posted to his website

"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."

By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010

Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign commercial

"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."

July 8, 2010

Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"

"The president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010

Robert Gibbs
stated on October 22, 2009 the daily White House press conference

A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."

October 23, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 a speech at the White House.

"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."

By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009

Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver

Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."

By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008

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