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Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016

Paul Wolfowitz
stated on September 11, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."

By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:

"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "

By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 in comments on social media.:

Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire:

"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."

By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 13, 2015 in a response to a question after a town hall meeting:

"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.

By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2015

Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 in a phone conference:

"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014

Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 in a broadcast on MSNBC:

Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."

By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."

By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014

John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:

Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013

Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview:

Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.

By Sabrina Eaton • January 24, 2011

Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 in an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner":

"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."

By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010

George Packer
stated on August 8, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.

By Robert Farley • August 10, 2010

Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:

"You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."

By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008

Joe Lieberman
stated on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:

Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield."

By Alexander Lane • September 2, 2008

Democratic National Committee
stated on July 9, 2008 in in an ad on the Internet:

John McCain has given erratic and inconsistent answers on when troops should return from Iraq.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 in a television interview:

John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008

John McCain
stated on May 29, 2008 in Greensdale, Wis.:

"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."

By Alexander Lane • June 2, 2008

John McCain
stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.:

Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2008

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