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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 16, 2012 the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled":
Because of the new health care law, "2.5 million young adults now have coverage."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami:
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami:
The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech at Milwaukee's Master Lock plant:
"For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2012 a briefing at the White House:
"Preventive care … saves money, for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2012 a campaign blog post:
On fundraising for super PACs
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • February 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union speech:
"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."
True
By James B. Nelson • February 1, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign commercial:
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • January 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
"In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
"(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 25, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 18, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says PolitiFact has said he "kept a campaign promise to toughen ethics rules."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 11, 2012 a page on the Obama campaign website:
"Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel — and every other country — to zero."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 an Obama for America video:
President Barack Obama "put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 3, 2012 a web video advertisement:
Says he lived up to a 2008 promise when he "closed corporate tax loopholes that were sending profits overseas."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 28, 2011 a fundraising appeal:
"We don't take a dime from D.C. lobbyists or special-interest PACs -- never have and never will."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 20, 2011 a conference call by a campaign spokesman with New Hampshire reporters.:
"Fifty percent of Speaker Gingrich’s tax plan goes to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • December 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 6, 2011 a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.:
"Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 30, 2011 a speech in Scranton, Pa.:
For "the average middle-class family, your taxes today are lower than when I took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2011
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