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Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 21, 2016 a radio interview.
China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 2, 2016
John Kirby
John Kirby
stated on April 25, 2016 a State Department news briefing
Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2016 an interview with the New York Times
China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech
Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."
Mostly False
April 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
stated on March 6, 2016 a TV ad
Says Marco Rubio "skipped 18 defense votes including one to arm the Kurds to fight ISIS."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.
Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs
stated on February 6, 2016 an interview
Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.  
True
February 9, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 4, 2016 a town hall in Manchester, N.H.
China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on January 20, 2016 a letter
"It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • January 31, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Half-True
January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate
"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes into fighting ISIS and international terrorism."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 18, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address
"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa
"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."  
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on Meet the Press
The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 22, 2015
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