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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2011 a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.:
In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • November 3, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 31, 2011 an interview on "PBS Newshour":
China is "trying to develop nuclear capability."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 2, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on October 12, 2011 a web ad.:
"1.53 million jobs are at risk (from potential defense cuts)."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 29, 2011
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
stated on October 23, 2011 congressional testimony:
"After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 30, 2011 remarks at Politics & Eggs forum in Manchester, N.H.:
Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • October 24, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars:
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 30, 2011 a speech to the American Legion:
The United States "won every major battle" of the Vietnam War. "Every single one."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2011
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 26, 2011 a conference call with reporters:
In Afghanistan, "it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an" improvised explosive device, or IED.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2011
Jack Conners
Jack Conners
stated on July 16, 2011 an opinion column in the Times of Trenton:
"Almost 88,000 United States service members are still missing and unaccounted for, dating back to World War II."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • August 8, 2011
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
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