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Latest Fact-Checks In Homeland Security

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column:
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
John Oliver
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.
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By Jim Haddadin • August 20, 2014
Jake Tapper
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."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2014
John Scocos
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."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2013
Tommy Thompson
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."
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 30, 2012
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on July 10, 2012 an article:
Federal regulations required the changes to Georgia's driver’s license renewal process.  
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By Eric Stirgus • July 17, 2012
John Axford
John Axford
stated on February 14, 2012 a Tweet:
All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport.
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By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2012
David Quiroa
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."
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By Lynn Arditi • October 16, 2011
Tom Kean
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.
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By Bill Wichert • September 8, 2011
Michael Cutler
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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
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.' "
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By Robert Farley • April 13, 2011
John Pistole
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."
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By Aaron Sharockman • November 18, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech:
"There is already a mosque four blocks away."
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By Robert Farley • August 26, 2010
Bill McCollum
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.
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By Lukas Pleva • August 9, 2010
Joe Biden
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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010
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