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Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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stated on January 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A man at "the storming of the U.S. embassy" in Iraq visited the White House in 2011.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2020
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 in a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin:
"We’re already bombing seven countries."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.:
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Our Principles PAC
Our Principles PAC
stated on February 14, 2016 in a web ad:
Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016
Bret Baier
Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech:
In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
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By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview:
The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Michael Hayden
Michael Hayden
stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."  
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By Steve Contorno • September 14, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
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By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 in a statement:
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2013
WrongWayRubio.com
WrongWayRubio.com
stated on May 8, 2012 in a Twitter messaging campaign:
Says that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says troops are leaving Iraq "too fast."
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By Joshua Gillin • May 8, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 in a speech:
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
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By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2011 in a letter posted on a blog :
Says an amendment specifying when military members may use deadly force "does nothing to change existing rules of engagement for American service members."
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By Lynn Arditi • September 18, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 22, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."
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By Joe Guillen • October 29, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"I never called for a partition" of Iraq.
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By Robert Farley • July 21, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
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By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 9, 2009 in his Fox News program:
"Barack Obama won't even use the term 'war on terrorism.'"
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By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 29, 2009 in a news conference:
In Iraq, "civilian deaths, incidents of bombings, etc., remain very low relative to what was going on last year."
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By Robert Farley • April 30, 2009
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis, Mo.:
"John McCain voted against funding the troops because of . . . a timeline in it to draw down American troops."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 6, 2008
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' This Week :
Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."
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By Adriel Bettelheim • September 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 19, 2008 in Orlando, Fla.:
"Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)."
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By Alexander Lane • August 21, 2008
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