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Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 in a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin:
"We’re already bombing seven countries."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 in 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."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on January 20, 2016 in a letter:
"It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • January 31, 2016
Bret Baier
Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 in 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."
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By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 in 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."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
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By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 in 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."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 in a speech:
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2011 in 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."
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By Lynn Arditi • September 18, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 in an interview on "Morning Joe.":
The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2011 in comments to reporters.:
"Some of the men serving in the (Afghan) armed forces have never driven a vehicle before."
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 17, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
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By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 in 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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on October 22, 2009 in 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."
True
By Robert Farley • October 23, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 in a speech at the White House. :
"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 in 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."
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By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008