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Latest Fact-Checks On Rand Paul

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 15, 2016 in 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."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 26, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"(Hillary Clinton's State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasn’t using the proper server."
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By Linda Qiu • July 26, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 18, 2015 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.:
"Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."
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By Allie Morris • April 24, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column:
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa:
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":
"Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 8, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"There was a Gallup poll in Egypt last year, and 70 percent of Egyptians don't want our money."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster:
"When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’"
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By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 14, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News:
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview with ABC News:
Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. Historically we were at 20 percent. So we've taken 5 percent away from the private sector."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010