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James Risch
stated on May 15, 2017 remarks to reporters:

"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2017

Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC:

"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."

By Will Doran • April 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement on the White House website:

"Our Navy has shrunk from more than 500 ships in 1991 to 275 in 2016."

By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2017

Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2016 a TV ad:

"(Deborah) Ross defends those who want to burn the American flag, and even called efforts to ban flag-burning ‘ridiculous,’ yet refused to help a disabled veteran fly the flag."

By Will Doran • November 5, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016

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."

By Matt Dietrich • September 15, 2016

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."

By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention:

Says Donald Trump "claimed our armed forces are 'a disaster.'"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 29, 2016

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."

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2016

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.

By Filipa Ioannou • July 23, 2016

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."

By Will Doran • July 21, 2016

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."

By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016

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."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

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.

By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015

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."

By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2015

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."

By Joshua Gillin • December 10, 2015

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."

By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2015

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."

By Charles Maldonado • November 19, 2015

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."

By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2015

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