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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on July 26, 2018 in an interview on the Daily Show:

"Just last year we gave the military a $700 billion budget increase, which they didn’t even ask for."

False

By Manuela Tobias • August 1, 2018

John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 in a statement:

Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."

True

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit:

"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."

Mostly False

By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 12, 2018

Nicholas Burns
stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2018 in the NATO summit:

"Many countries (in NATO) owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back, where they’re delinquent, as far as I’m concerned, because the United States has had to pay for them."

False

By Bill McCarthy • July 11, 2018

Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on May 31, 2018 in an email from the Tennessee Democratic Party:

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against military pay raise."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2018

Bloggers
stated on May 22, 2018 in a headline:

"USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!"

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018

David Rouzer
stated on May 8, 2018 in a tweet:

"The #irandeal ultimately would have guaranteed Iran a nuclear bomb capable of reaching the US."

False

By Paul Specht • May 22, 2018

Gwen Graham
stated on May 18, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2018 in remarks at the White House:

Says the 2018 defense authorization bill includes raises for the military "for the first time in 10 years."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018

Kevin Nicholson
stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview:

"Tammy Baldwin cosponsored legislation that wanted to establish the Department of Peace and Nonviolence."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • May 9, 2018

Ro Khanna
stated on April 19, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Most of our taxes are spent on the so-called ‘War on Terror.’"

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2018

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2018 in a speech at Duke University:

"We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined."

Mostly True

By Paul Specht • April 24, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting:

American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018

George P. Bush
stated on February 14, 2018 in a mailer pointed out by challenger Jerry Patterson:

Says he’s a "retired U.S. Navy officer."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 12, 2018 in a tweet:

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

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2018

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

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

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2017

Duffel Blog
stated on October 12, 2017 in a headline:

Bowe Bergdahl wanders off during court-martial

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2017

Tom Bossert
stated on September 11, 2017 in 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."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves • September 14, 2017

Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:

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

Half-True

By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017

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