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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall:
"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall:
"We have provided at least 16 tax cuts to small businesses."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • July 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"What I have done -- and this is unprecedented ... is I've said to each agency ... 'look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them.'"  
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso:
"The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 16, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in Austin, Texas:
Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso:
The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
True
By Robert Farley • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso:
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
By Robert Farley • May 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 1, 2011 an address to the nation:
"Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 5, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview with George Stephanopoulos:
On whether the federal debt limit should be raised
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2011 an interview:
Says "we have now more Border Patrol officers … than we’ve had at any time in our history."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 27, 2011 a press conference:
Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 remarks at a campaign fundraiser:
Says Paul Ryan "voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2011 an interview:
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech at George Washington University:
The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 18, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech at George Washington University:
"In the last decade, the average income of the bottom 90 percent of all working Americans actually declined. The top 1 percent saw their income rise by an average of more than a quarter of a million dollars each."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech:
"By the end of this decade, the interest we owe on our debt could rise to nearly $1 trillion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech.:
"Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget."
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2011 a televised address:
"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
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