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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
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
April 25, 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
April 21, 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 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 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 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 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
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 • 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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