Fact Check Posts – Page 14

Donald Trump
stated on January 12, 2018 a tweet

In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2018

world-newss.com
stated on November 13, 2017 a headline

"2 million rounds of ammo that ‘went missing’ under Obama turns up in enemy hands"

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2017

Duffel Blog
stated on October 12, 2017 a headline

Bowe Bergdahl wanders off during court-martial

By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2017

Tom Bossert
stated on September 11, 2017 a White House press briefing

The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."

By Allison Graves • September 14, 2017

Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 a TV interview

"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."

By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2017 a tweet

"My first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 a speech

"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve."

By Jon Greenberg, Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017

Ted Lieu
stated on July 26, 2017 comments on CNN

"You've got thousands of people serving in the military who are transgender."

By Joshua Gillin • July 26, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 a press release

"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."

July 26, 2017

Vet TV
stated on May 23, 2017 a web page

"Trump Removing Marines From the Navy."

By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on May 17, 2017 a U.S. Coast Guard commencement speech

"I’m proud to say that under my administration, as you just heard, we will be building the first new heavy icebreakers the United States has seen in over 40 years."

By Smitha Rajan • May 24, 2017

James Risch
stated on May 15, 2017 remarks to reporters

"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 a news conference

"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.

May 11, 2017

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."

By Chris Nichols • April 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 24, 2017 an interview wth the Associated Press

"Back when they did NATO, there was no such thing as terrorism."

By John Kruzel • April 25, 2017

Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC

"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."

By Will Doran • April 24, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 a statement

"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."

April 7, 2017

Restoration PAC
stated on March 21, 2017 a video

Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."

April 5, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2017 a post on Twitter

"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"

By Allison Graves • March 19, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech to Congress

Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017

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