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With Honor
With Honor
stated on September 10, 2018 in 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."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 9, 2018
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
stated on July 11, 2018 in 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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2018
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on May 31, 2018 in an email from the Tennessee Democratic Party:
Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against military pay raise."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting:
American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
Half-True
By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 in a press release:
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 17, 2017 in 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."  
Half-True
By Smitha Rajan • May 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2016 in 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!"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2016 in a rally in Charlotte, N.C.:
"We’ve spent $6 trillion" on the wars in the Middle East.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 27, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Russ Feingold "voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2016
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on July 4, 2016 in an email:
"Granite State shipbuilders . . . built the first ship that sailed into battle under a new American flag."
Half-True
By Nick Reid • July 16, 2016
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on June 19, 2016 in an ad discussed on "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, "including with nukes."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 in a national security speech in California:
Says Donald Trump "has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain aren’t heroes."
Half-True
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 3, 2016
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 1, 2016 in a constituent newsletter:
"Today, it is more difficult to enlist in the U.S. military than it is to enroll in college."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2016
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 21, 2016 in a radio interview.:
China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 2, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.:
"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2016 in 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."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
stated on March 6, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Marco Rubio "skipped 18 defense votes including one to arm the Kurds to fight ISIS."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 in an interview:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2016
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 21, 2015 in 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
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