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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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

Dick Cheney
stated on September 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Hannity" on Fox News:

"We have four combat-ready brigades out of 40 in the U.S. Army."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2014

Lindsey Graham
stated on October 5, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2014

Allen West
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook post:

Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2014

Bruce Braley
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate:

"I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2014

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