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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
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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2016

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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Rob Wittman
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview.:

"Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."

True

By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."

False

By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN:

"One of the things I would immediately do … is bring back the warrior class -- Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. ... Every one was retired early because they told President Obama things that he didn’t want to hear."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2015

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