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LZ Granderson
LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014
Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters
stated on September 24, 2014 in an interview on "America's Newsroom":
Says President Barack Obama attacked potential terrorist targets in Syria in the middle of the night "to minimize terrorist casualties."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2014
Ryan Lizza
Ryan Lizza
stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet:
"Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4"
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift":
"Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 in Internet posts:
"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
"(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."  
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column:
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 19, 2014 in stories:
Documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that American, British and Israeli intelligence agencies worked together to create the Islamic State.  
Pants on Fire!
By Derek Tsang • August 19, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.:
"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Madsen • August 3, 2014
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN:
Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Stu Burguiere
Stu Burguiere
stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program:
There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 21, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad:
President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher, Nick Fouriezos • July 7, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech:
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
"At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014
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