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Latest Fact-Checks In Iraq

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Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2008 Chester, Va. :
The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 18, 2008 a television ad:
Obama "hasn't been to Iraq in years."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad:
John McCain and George W. Bush want to spend "a trillion dollars in Iraq over the next 10 years."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 31, 2008 a debate in Los Angeles:
"George Bush sent people to war without body armor."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • February 4, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2007:
"First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on September 25, 2007:
"Bill Richardson is the only major Democratic candidate with a plan to withdraw all American troops from Iraq. All of the other major Democratic candidates support leaving American troops in Iraq indefinitely."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 19, 2007 Washington, DC.:
"And it's going to be difficult for us to do this as long as we're spending $275 million a day on a war that should have never been authorized..."
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By John Frank • September 20, 2007
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 5, 2007 a debate in Durham, N.H.:
"We've lost over 5,000 Americans over there in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and plus the civilians killed."
Mostly True
By Jody Kyle • September 9, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 19, 2007 Washington, DC:
"I'm the first person who really took up the issue of the war. Four years ago I said that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, actually... did an analysis which disproved the cause for the war."
Mostly True
By John Frank • August 28, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 23, 2007 a news release.:
"Roadside bombs are responsible for 70 percent of casualties in Iraq and these new mine-resistant vehicles can reduce those casualties by two-thirds."
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By David DeCamp • August 20, 2007
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