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Providence City Council
Providence City Council
stated on January 3, 2013 in a council resolution:
"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013
Emergency Committee for Israel
Emergency Committee for Israel
stated on December 19, 2012 in an ad:
"While President Obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear Iran, Hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 in a Facebook posting:
"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 24, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Jim Renacci "opposed increasing combat bonuses for our troops."
False
By Tom Feran • October 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney "just gave a speech a few weeks ago" and said "we should still have troops in Iraq."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 23, 2012
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 2, 2012 in an ad:
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 28, 2012 in debate comments:
On Iran sanctions
Full Flop
By Dave Umhoefer • October 14, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:
Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2012
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell
stated on October 1, 2012 in a debate.:
Says Eric Cantor voted to assure Congress would be paid if the government shut down and against guaranteeing troops would be paid.
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Madsen • October 4, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on August 31, 2012 in a news conference:
"Since the time of the Civil War, we've made a distinction in this country between the availability and the ability to access for people who were in the military, versus the rest of us, to vote." 
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 21, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says President Barack Obama is responsible for pending defense cuts.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 21, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on September 10, 2012 in a website post.:
"Tim Kaine doubled down in his support of devastating defense cuts, saying the ‘the deal was the right thing to do.’"
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 20, 2012
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 4, 2012 in a campaign email:
Says  Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked Josh Mandel’s military service
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 29, 2012 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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