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Latest Fact-Checks On John Kerry

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John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on January 31, 2021 in an interview:
Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 5, 2021
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 a statement:
Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs:
"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016
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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on April 17, 2014 a speech:
"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 18, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
On U.S.-Israeli relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "set the record straight — he said, our two countries have 'exactly the same policy' (and) 'our security cooperation is unprecedented.'"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2012
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
By Robert Farley • June 8, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week'':
"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2009 an op-ed published in the Huffington Post:
"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 2, 2009
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":
"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
Mostly True
By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008