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Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on August 8, 2014 press release
Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 1, 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.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh
stated on April 2, 2015 an interview in Concord, N.H.
"The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses."
True
By Clay Wirestone • April 21, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview
Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."  
Half-True
April 20, 2015
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch
stated on April 14, 2015 a web item
"ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 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."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC
U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 9, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 27, 2015 a web ad
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
Half-True
By Alex Wilts, W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2015
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on February 15, 2015 an appearance on ABC's 'This Week'
The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief."
False
By Steve Contorno • February 19, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 9, 2015 a chain email
"Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 27, 2015
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
stated on January 9, 2015 an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015
The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
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."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event
"The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event
"Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military.
True
By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2014
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
False
By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 20, 2014 a tweet
"U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014
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