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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.

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."

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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