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David Miliband
David Miliband
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion
"The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 22, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on April 27, 2016 a congressional hearing
Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 a press release
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
False
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 2, 2016 a post on Medium
Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview posted on Medium
"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech in Washington
"When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech
"ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."
False
By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a major foreign policy speech
"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
John Kirby
John Kirby
stated on April 25, 2016 a State Department news briefing
Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2016
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
stated on April 22, 2016 comments
The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
Mostly True
By Liepa Zelniene • April 26, 2016
Tim Ziemer
Tim Ziemer
stated on January 20, 2016 an article posted on Medium
"In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 25, 2016
Great America PAC
Great America PAC
stated on March 31, 2016 a TV ad
Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."  
Half-True
April 22, 2016
Lee Camp
Lee Camp
stated on April 17, 2016 an episode of "Redacted Tonight"
"In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 17, 2016 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 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
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 4, 2016 an interview with the New York Daily News
"In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
True
By Linda Qiu • April 12, 2016
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