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Bill Clinton
stated on February 16, 2016 a campaign event:

"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • February 22, 2016

Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter:

"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall:

When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016

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."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on January 28, 2016 the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 20, 2016 a speech in Burlington, Iowa:

"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."

False

By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website:

"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016

Stephen Hayes
stated on December 27, 2015 on "Fox News Sunday":

Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda."

True

By Lauren Carroll • December 30, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview:

"Here in Wisconsin, we've put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years."

True

By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • December 22, 2015

Rob Wittman
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview.:

"Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate:

ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."

False

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2015

André Carson
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on ABC News' "This Week":

"Our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on December 8, 2015 a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz:

Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015

Sean Duffy
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview:

Says President Barack Obama’s homeland security budget had "$16 million to fight climate change" but "didn't have a line item to fight violent extremism."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2015 the Republican debate in Las Vegas:

The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 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."

True

By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015

Mike Thompson
stated on December 7, 2015 a speech:

"Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • December 17, 2015

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