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Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 25, 2020 a speech at the RNC:
Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
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By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2020
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter:
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on September 12, 2015 the Republican weekly radio/TV address:
Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."  
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By Lauren Carroll • February 8, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 the Sunday comics:
The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015
LZ Granderson
LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
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By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014
Julie Pace
Julie Pace
stated on September 11, 2014 a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest:
The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of."  
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By Derek Tsang • September 18, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN:
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz
stated on August 24, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
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By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2014
David Gregory
David Gregory
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."  
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By Linda Qiu • August 13, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
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By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech:
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
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By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 an interview with NPR:
On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
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By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the third presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."
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By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars:
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
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By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 6, 2011 an interview on NPR’s “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin:
Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime
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By Erin O'Neill • July 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser:
Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2011
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
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By Robert Farley • April 12, 2010
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