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Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity":

Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."

Mostly False

By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015

Allen West
stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website:

The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."

False

By Lauren Carroll • August 4, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media:

Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi.

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015

Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 14, 2015 in Campaign speech :

"One of the reasons I believe we’re in trouble in Yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. That’s what stirred up the population. That’s what is happening in Yemen."

Half-True

By Mark Reynolds • July 26, 2015

Restoration PAC
stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad:

President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • July 24, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on July 22, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:

The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies."

False

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2015 in a campaign rally in South Carolina:

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

False

By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2015

Pamela Geller
stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet :

"ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn.

False

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015

Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show:

ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech:

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 in a speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign:

The Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria."

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 16, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview:

"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on June 2, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:

The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government."

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 4, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed:

"There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.

Half-True

By Kirby Wilson • June 4, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire:

"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015

John McCain
stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."

True

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2015

Trey Gowdy
stated on May 15, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:

Says the State Department has "had half a year" to respond to a Benghazi document request, yet "I have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • May 21, 2015

Michael McCaul
stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

More money is dedicated within the Department of Homeland Security to climate change than what's spent combating "Islamist terrorists radicalizing over the Internet in the United States of America."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2015

Rich Lowry
stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."

True

By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2015

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