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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium
"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things  —  including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." 
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 22, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."
False
By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"The head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those (Syrian) refugees."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR
"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."
False
By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on 'This Week'
"Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 10, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview in New Hampshire
Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 18, 2015 a speech at the Citadel
For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech at Georgetown University
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
True
By Linda Qiu • November 24, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations
"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic primary forum
"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2015
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on November 22, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
In 2013, the United States "accepted 67 percent of the world’s refugees."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 22, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 17, 2015 a campaign stop in Concord, N.H.
"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."
False
By Nick Reid • November 20, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2015 a joint statement with the president of Turkey.
"The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 comments at the Iowa Democratic debate
500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."
Mostly True
By Jason Noble • November 15, 2015
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