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Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "The View"
South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2011 a televised address
"Regime change (in Iraq) took eight years"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 23, 2011 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
"American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on March 23, 2011 televised interviews
On whether the United States should intervene in Libya.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 7, 2007 an interview with the "Boston Globe"
On the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack "that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Robin Wright
Robin Wright
stated on March 20, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
The coalition of Arab states against Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is the biggest coalition against a fellow Arab leader since the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991.
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2011
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
stated on February 16, 2011 press release, Rep. Betty McCollum
Says the Army is spending $7 million to sponsor a NASCAR team.
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • March 3, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 a chain e-mail
Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 24, 2011
"One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
True
By Tom Feran • February 18, 2011
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 14, 2011 an interview on Fox Business News
The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2011
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on February 9, 2011 a speech
More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2011
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on February 2, 2011 a floor speech.
The military has spent $500 million enforcing the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military. 
Mostly True
By Jacob Geiger • February 7, 2011
Bill Janis
Bill Janis
stated on January 25, 2011 a floor speech in the House of Delegates.
"The New START treaty was passed despite significant concerns among some people in the State and Defense Departments."
Mostly False
By Jacob Geiger • February 2, 2011
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on December 15, 2010 a U.S. House floor speech.
Says that "all those who do not answer directly to the president, they've said (repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell) is a terrible idea."
False
December 23, 2010
Organizing for America
Organizing for America
stated on December 6, 2010 a press release.
"An overwhelming majority of Americans support passage of the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth willing to work for a college degree or serve in our armed forces."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 6, 2010 a press conference
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 7, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on December 4, 2010 the Senate floor
"The senior senator from Arizona (John McCain) said he couldn't support repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy."
Half-True
December 6, 2010
Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
stated on December 5, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
The Pentagon's survey about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy found that 92 percent of service members "agree that they could serve ... in a unit in combat" without compromising "mission readiness."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2010
Mike Mullen
Mike Mullen
stated on November 21, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Historically," Senate ratification of arms control treaties "has been bipartisan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2010
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