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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 Cape Girardeau, Miss.:
"NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq."
True
By Robert Farley • May 19, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.:
"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television ad:
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 a television interview:
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2008 an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.:
"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2008 Philadelphia:
"Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 a television ad:
Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2008 a mailer to Pennsylvania voters:
"Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 Philadelphia:
"I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2008 an online ad.:
"Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 in a television ad:
Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 Associated Press Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.:
"He's promising four more years of an administration that will push for the privatization of Social Security..."
False
By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 Democratic debate in Philadephia:
The United States is "seeing greater income inequality now than any time since the 1920s."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Wes Allison • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 8, 2008 Washington, D.C.:
Barack Obama's network of small donors constitutes a "parallel public financing system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2008 an interview with theadvocate.com:
"I'm the product of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when I was born."
Mostly True
By John Frank • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 a television ad.:
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.:
"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."
True
By Bill Adair • April 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2008 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball.":
Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.
True
By Bill Adair • March 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on the Today Show.:
"We've won twice as many states. We've won a greater share of the popular vote."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio:
"I've spent 20 years devoted to working on behalf of families who are having a tough time and are seeking out the American dream."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 7, 2008
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