Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 a news conference
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
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August 12, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
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By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 an event in Manchester, N.H.
“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."
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By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 14, 2023
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 3, 2021 Twitter
“The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”
True
By Laura Schulte • October 14, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 16, 2021 Twitter
In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 31, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2020 a Facebook post
In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy."  
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January 15, 2020
Brett McGurk
Brett McGurk
stated on October 20, 2019 an MSNBC appearance
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
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By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2019
Allen Thomas
Allen Thomas
stated on April 9, 2019 a candidate questionnaire
"Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'"
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By Bill McCarthy • April 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2019 a tweet
"In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on January 31, 2019 an interview
"I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush."
True
February 12, 2019
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on December 1, 2018 a tweet
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years."
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By Morgan Keith • December 13, 2018
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on October 24, 2018 a video posted to Facebook
"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."
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By Douglas Soule • November 15, 2018
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 a statement
Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
stated on April 24, 2017 a news article
The estimated price of President Trump’s border wall is the same as the cost of "one and a half aircraft carriers."
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By Chris Nichols • April 28, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 15, 2016 a column on rare.us
Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year that "I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 25, 2016 a rally in Florida
Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."
True
By Miriam Valverde • October 26, 2016
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 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
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet
"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."  
True
October 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 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."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs
stated on February 6, 2016 an interview
Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.  
True
February 9, 2016
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