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With Honor
stated on September 10, 2018 a TV ad

Says Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr "would let shady payday lenders take advantage of our troops" and that he took "$36,550 from payday lenders."

By Samantha Putterman • October 9, 2018

Nicholas Burns
stated on July 11, 2018 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."

By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2018

Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on May 31, 2018 an email from the Tennessee Democratic Party

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against military pay raise."

By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 remarks before a Cabinet meeting

American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018

Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 a TV interview

"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."

By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 a press release

"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."

July 26, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on May 17, 2017 a U.S. Coast Guard commencement speech

"I’m proud to say that under my administration, as you just heard, we will be building the first new heavy icebreakers the United States has seen in over 40 years."

By Smitha Rajan • May 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2016 a tweet

"Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!"

By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally in Charlotte, N.C.

"We’ve spent $6 trillion" on the wars in the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • October 27, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says that as a U.S. senator, Russ Feingold "voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times."

July 22, 2016

Frank Guinta
stated on July 4, 2016 an email

"Granite State shipbuilders . . . built the first ship that sailed into battle under a new American flag."

By Nick Reid • July 16, 2016

Priorities USA Action
stated on June 19, 2016 an ad discussed on "Meet the Press"

Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, "including with nukes."

By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a national security speech in California

Says Donald Trump "has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain aren’t heroes."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 3, 2016

Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 1, 2016 a constituent newsletter

"Today, it is more difficult to enlist in the U.S. military than it is to enroll in college."

June 1, 2016

Randy Forbes
stated on April 21, 2016 a radio interview.

China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."

By Sean Gorman • May 2, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.

"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."

By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2016 an interview with the New York Times

China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."

By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016

Keep the Promise 1 PAC
stated on March 6, 2016 a TV ad

Says Marco Rubio "skipped 18 defense votes including one to arm the Kurds to fight ISIS."

By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."

January 29, 2016

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."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 23, 2015

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