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Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on July 25, 2011 an opinion column.
"As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 5, 2011
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
stated on July 6, 2011 a press release
"Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
Mostly True
By Bill Thompson • July 26, 2011
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
stated on July 15, 2011 a column by Victoria Jackson
"A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall
"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 22, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that President Obama said, "Nobody made these guys go to war. ... Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?" 
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on June 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 1, 2011
Yard sign
Yard sign
stated on June 15, 2011 a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.
Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."
True
By John Gregg • June 30, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 20, 2011 a Fox News interview
In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 an interview on "Morning Joe."
The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 7, 2011 a chain e-mail
Accuses President Barack Obama of making contradictory claims about efforts to kill Osama bin Laden in 2008 and 2011.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2011
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
stated on May 8, 2011 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2011 in various posts on the web
Wrote that in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think capturing Osama bin Laden "makes us any safer," but in 2011 called his killing "historic."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 1, 2011 an address to the nation
"Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan."
Half-True
May 5, 2011
David Stockman
David Stockman
stated on May 1, 2011 an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2011 a press conference
After the U.S.-led military alliance ejected Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991, the Kuwaitis "never paid us."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 14, 2011 a press release.
"Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt."
True
By Jacob Geiger • April 26, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on March 16, 2011 a House committee hearing
"A report in Navy Times said that 7.3 percent of Army, Navy and Marines have thought about attempting suicide."
Pants on Fire!
By Sabrina Eaton • April 8, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on March 16, 2011 a House committee hearing
"From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 8, 2011
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
stated on March 1, 2011 a news release
A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Charles Rangel
Charles Rangel
stated on April 4, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business network
"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2011
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