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Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column

"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."

By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014

John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, Last Week Tonight

Says Keene, N.H., requested a "military-grade armored personnel truck," citing their annual Pumpkin Festival as "a possible target" for terrorists.

By Jim Haddadin • August 20, 2014

Jake Tapper
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper"

"The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined."

By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2014

John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement

"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."

September 29, 2013

Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 a speech

"Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America."

By Dave Umhoefer • July 30, 2012

David Ralston
stated on July 10, 2012 an article

Federal regulations required the changes to Georgia's driver’s license renewal process.

By Eric Stirgus • July 17, 2012

John Axford
stated on February 14, 2012 a Tweet

All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport.

By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2012

David Quiroa
stated on October 3, 2011 a news release

"Under Governor Almond the RI DMV had a program that allowed undocumented [people to] use their Personal Tax Identification Number . . . to apply [for] and receive a RI driver’s license."

By Lynn Arditi • October 16, 2011

Tom Kean
stated on August 30, 2011 a radio interview on WNYC

Says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security must report to about 100 congressional committees and subcommittees.

By Bill Wichert • September 8, 2011

Michael Cutler
stated on June 7, 2011 an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV

"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2011

Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"

President Obama has "stopped using the phrase 'war on terror.' "

April 13, 2011

John Pistole
stated on November 16, 2010 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."

By Aaron Sharockman • November 18, 2010

Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview

Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010

Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech

"There is already a mosque four blocks away."

August 26, 2010

Bill McCollum
stated on August 5, 2010 televised candidates' debate

"Police officers in this state have that right," to check the immigration status of people they arrest.

By Lukas Pleva • August 9, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2010 an interview on "Face the Nation"

"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010

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