Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Michael Morell
Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump
Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 18, 2016 in a speech
Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."
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By Matt Dietrich • September 15, 2016
Julie Pace
Julie Pace
stated on August 21, 2016 a panel on "Fox News Sunday"
"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."
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By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention
Says Donald Trump "claimed our armed forces are 'a disaster.'"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 29, 2016
John Hutson
John Hutson
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
Donald Trump "called the military that I served in a disaster."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2016 Dallas fundraiser
The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.
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By Filipa Ioannou • July 23, 2016
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on July 19, 2016 a roll call at the Republican National Convention
Says North Carolina is "home of the largest military installations in the world."
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By Will Doran • July 21, 2016
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 10, 2016 a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
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By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address
"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview.
"Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.
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By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on 'This Week'
"Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties."
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By Joshua Gillin • December 10, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 18, 2015 a speech at the Citadel
For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."  
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By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2015
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on November 11, 2015 a campaign ad
Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
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By Charles Maldonado • November 19, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate
Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."  
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November 12, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech at the Iowa State Fair
"We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots."  
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By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2015
Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 a Senate floor speech
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 3, 2014 a news release
Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair, Shaker Samman • October 7, 2014
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