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Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz
stated on September 11, 2016 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."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 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." 
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 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.’ "
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 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."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 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."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 13, 2015 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.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2015
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference:
"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 a broadcast on MSNBC:
Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 6, 2011 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.
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 24, 2011
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 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."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
George Packer
George Packer
stated on August 8, 2010 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.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 10, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis:
"You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 2, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.:
Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 2, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on July 9, 2008 in an ad on the Internet:
John McCain has given erratic and inconsistent answers on when troops should return from Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 22, 2008 a television interview:
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 29, 2008 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."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 26, 2008 Fort Myers, Fla.:
Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2008
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