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Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 a speech:

Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.

By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview:

Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."

By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate:

"I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum :

"I was totally against the war in Iraq."

By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech:

"I was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war (in Iraq), and yes, even before the war ever started."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a major foreign policy speech:

"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."

By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican presidential debate:

On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "

By Lauren Carroll • February 14, 2016

Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."

By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on August 31, 2014 an interview with WFAA-TV:

ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014

James Woods
stated on August 5, 2014 a tweet:

"The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."

By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2014

Jeanine Pirro
stated on June 14, 2014 a broadcast on Fox News:

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."

By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2014

Rachel Maddow
stated on June 3, 2014 comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show":

"The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.

By Aaron Sharockman • June 5, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on May 1, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.:

Says only about 250 Texans have been killed in action since 9/11.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2013

Dick Cheney
stated on April 8, 2013 an interview on Fox News:

Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.

By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2013

Tommy Thompson
stated on March 23, 2012 a campaign speech:

Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."

By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2012

Ted Ankrum
stated on August 31, 2010 an e-mail blast.:

"More people were killed in the United States last year by tainted food than U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the wars began."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2010

Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 a Rhode Island News Channel debate:

"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010

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