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Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign mailer:

"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • November 7, 2016

Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2016 a TV ad:

"(Deborah) Ross defends those who want to burn the American flag, and even called efforts to ban flag-burning ‘ridiculous,’ yet refused to help a disabled veteran fly the flag."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • November 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally in Charlotte, N.C.:

"We’ve spent $6 trillion" on the wars in the Middle East.

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • October 27, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:

Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.

False

By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 25, 2016 a rally in Florida:

Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."

True

By Miriam Valverde • October 26, 2016

Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin:

"We’re already bombing seven countries."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate.:

Donald Trump says "that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO..."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • October 10, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:

"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."

True

By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump:

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

Mostly True

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

Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 18, 2016 in a speech:

Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."

Mostly True

By Matt Dietrich • September 15, 2016

Julie Pace
stated on August 21, 2016 a panel on "Fox News Sunday":

"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Scranton, Pa.:

Says military commanders have said that if Donald Trump were elected, "they would not follow his orders."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox News:

"The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2016

Katrina Pierson
stated on August 2, 2016 an interview on CNN.:

"It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost (Capt. Humayun Khan’s) life."

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016

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