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Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 an event in Manchester, N.H.
“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."
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By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 14, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 29, 2022 a speech in Bay City, Mich.
“Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 29, 2021 a CNN interview
The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
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By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2021
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
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By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Brett McGurk
Brett McGurk
stated on October 20, 2019 an MSNBC appearance
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
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By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2019
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 a statement
Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018
Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse
stated on May 31, 2018 a statement
"We’ve been down this road before—blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2018
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
stated on July 18, 2017 comments on 'The Rachel Maddow Show'
Says President Richard Nixon held meetings with heads of state without an American interpreter.
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By Joshua Gillin • July 21, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on June 13, 2017 his opening statement before Jeff Session's testimony
Says the Senate Intelligence Committee has held 10 public hearings this year, "more than double that held by the committee in any recent year."
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By Will Doran • June 14, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on April 28, 2017 comments to the UN Security Council
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
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By John Kruzel • May 1, 2017
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
stated on April 7, 2017 a tweet
"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on April 4, 2017 an episode of MSNBC's 'For the Record'
Says President Donald Trump "had a different opinion" in 2013 than he does now about whether (Barack) Obama should have intervened in Syria after Obama's red line was crossed.  
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By Lauren Carroll • April 5, 2017
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 a House hearing
"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2017
Raj Shah
Raj Shah
stated on February 24, 2017 an op-ed
"Most U.S. foreign assistance ... is given to U.S. companies and nonprofits in the form of contracts and grants."  
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By Jon Greenberg • March 8, 2017
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 2, 2017 a Senate floor speech
Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.
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By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2017
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 18, 2017 a senate confirmation hearing
"All of our taxpayers are paying roughly 22% of the U.N. budget."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 15, 2016 a column on rare.us
Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year that "I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2016
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 25, 2016 a rally in Florida
Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."
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By Miriam Valverde • October 26, 2016
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 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
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