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Rich Lowry
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."

By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2015

Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 26, 2015 oped commentary

The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 18, 2015

Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech

In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."

By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on December 9, 2014 a news release.

"After World War II, we tried, convicted, and, in some cases, executed Japanese soldiers for war crimes that included charges of waterboarding."

By Sean Gorman • January 12, 2015

Michael McCaul
stated on January 11, 2015 an interview on CBS "Face the Nation"

Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."

By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2015

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 a TV interview

The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014

Gloria Steinem
stated on October 1, 2014 an AP interview

More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."

By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014

Michael Hayden
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

"The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."

By Steve Contorno • September 14, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column

"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."

By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014

Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.

By Katie Sanders • June 22, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"

By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.

By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014

Charles Krauthammer
stated on June 4, 2014 remarks on Fox News

The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant."

By Shannon Beckham • June 8, 2014

Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2014 an opinion article

Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."

May 19, 2014

Jon Stewart
stated on October 30, 2013 in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"

Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure."

By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2013

Lynn Westmoreland
stated on June 20, 2013 an article

"It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so."

By Eric Stirgus • July 8, 2013

Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week"

Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013

Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 a Senate filibuster

"When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’"

By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2013

Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 a speech

"Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America."

By Dave Umhoefer • July 30, 2012

Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 6, 2011 a speech in Lower Manhattan

"Over the past 10 years, the number of people living in Lower Manhattan has nearly doubled. In fact, Lower Manhattan has added more people over the last 10 years than Atlanta, Dallas and Philadelphia combined."

By Bill Wichert • September 11, 2011

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