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Latest Fact-Checks In Nuclear

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stated on March 9, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2020
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 3, 2018 on a panel:
North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver."
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By John Kruzel • June 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2018
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 6, 2017 a debate:
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate:
Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't."
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By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016
John Bolton SuperPAC
John Bolton SuperPAC
stated on September 27, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Deborah Ross "supports the Iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages."
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By Will Doran • October 12, 2016
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV interview.:
Donald Trump has said "nuclear proliferation is OK."  
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By Warren Fiske • October 11, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:
Says Hillary Clinton "went toe-to-toe with Russia as secretary of state to do the New START agreement to reduce Russia's nuclear stockpile."
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By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 9, 2016 a television ad:
Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2016
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on August 3, 2016 a press release:
Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
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By Will Doran • August 5, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 22, 2016 a campaign email:
Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.  
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By Lauren Carroll • January 17, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 30, 2015 remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa:
North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."
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By Jason Noble • November 14, 2015
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says "if the (Iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.
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By Lauren Carroll • August 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."  
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By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on July 14, 2015 an op-ed:
"Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2015
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video:
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012
Tom Kean
Tom Kean
stated on August 1, 2011 a question-and-answer column in The Star-Ledger:
"I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country."
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By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2011