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Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
stated on October 1, 2014 an AP interview
More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 3, 2014 a news release
Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair, Shaker Samman • October 7, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on September 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News
"We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
"I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2014
LZ Granderson
LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on September 17, 2014 In a television ad
"Michelle Nunn’s own plan says she funded organizations linked to terrorists."
Pants on Fire!
By April Hunt • September 26, 2014
Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters
stated on September 24, 2014 an interview on "America's Newsroom"
Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2014
Peter King
Peter King
stated on September 21, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."
False
By Steve Contorno • September 23, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on September 21, 2014 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • September 21, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 Internet posts
"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014
Julie Pace
Julie Pace
stated on September 11, 2014 a question to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest
The Obama administration is using as its "legal justification for these airstrikes (on the Islamic State), an authorization for military force that the president himself has called for repeal of."  
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • September 18, 2014
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference
"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 a broadcast on MSNBC
Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014
Michael Hayden
Michael Hayden
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."  
True
By Steve Contorno • September 14, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 4, 2014 an op-ed for Time magazine
In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 a post on Facebook
A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a "terrorist dry run."  
Pants on Fire!
By Derek Tsang • September 11, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 7, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press."
Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State.
False
By Steve Contorno • September 7, 2014
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