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Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on July 22, 2015 a TV ad
President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
Pants on Fire!
July 24, 2015
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 21, 2015 an interview on "The Daily Show"
The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 23, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
False
July 22, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 20, 2015 a segment on his radio show
"Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record.
Half-True
By Will Cabaniss • July 22, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 17, 2015 a town hall in Carson City, Nevada
"A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's This Week.
Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets."
False
By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2015
Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann
stated on July 9, 2015 a discussion on "Outnumbered"
"We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 14, 2015
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on July 4, 2015 a news release.
Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech
Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
Mostly False
June 25, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on June 14, 2015 the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise
Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
"Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post
Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015
Gary Painter
Gary Painter
stated on May 10, 2015 as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story
"We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2015
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 24, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on July 12, 2014 a roundtable with Texas businesses
"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on April 30, 2015 a news release.
The 2005 round of military base closings "has not yet resulted in savings."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 15, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit
The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 5, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 his debut Senate floor speech
The United States is "about to have the smallest Army since before WWII, the smallest Navy since WWI and the smallest Air Force ever."
Half-True
By April Hunt • May 4, 2015
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