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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 29, 2012 a TV ad
Says Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy "voted against paying our soldiers" and "against increasing combat pay" while voting "to protect his own pay."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 16, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 a TV debate
"We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country."
False
By Tom Mooney • September 5, 2012
Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 an online debate
U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video
The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a web video
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 30, 2012 a TV ad
"I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies."
Mostly False
August 22, 2012
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a Web video
"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2012
Steve Phelps
Steve Phelps
stated on July 10, 2012
"NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2012
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on July 23, 2012 an online video of an earlier speech
"There are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in America right now."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on 'Face the Nation.'
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 28, 2012 a speech.
Virginia "is home to more veterans per capita than any state in America."
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 11, 2012
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 11, 2012 a speech
The fastest-rising expense in the U.S. Defense Department is health care.
True
By Eric Stirgus • May 2, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 24, 2012 a chain email forwarded by a reader.
Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 21, 2012 a chain email
"The ACLU has filed a suit to end prayer from the military completely."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • April 19, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 19, 2012 an email
Says Texas retained the right to have a navy when it joined the United States.
Pants on Fire!
April 4, 2012
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
stated on March 26, 2012 a Twitter post
"Obama tells Russia that he'll turn over America's defense system to them if re-elected."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • April 2, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 29, 2012 a Web video advertisement
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 a speech
Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.
"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 17, 2012 a campaign event
Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2012
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