Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 20, 2015 a segment on his radio show
"Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record.
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By Will Cabaniss • July 22, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on June 14, 2015 the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise
Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2015
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on April 30, 2015 a news release.
The 2005 round of military base closings "has not yet resulted in savings."
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By Sean Gorman • May 15, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 his debut Senate floor speech
The United States is "about to have the smallest Army since before WWII, the smallest Navy since WWI and the smallest Air Force ever."
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By April Hunt • May 4, 2015
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on August 8, 2014 press release
Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta."
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By Nancy Badertscher • May 1, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on April 12, 2015 an interview
Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."  
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April 20, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 27, 2015 a web ad
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
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By Alex Wilts, W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
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By Steve Contorno • January 27, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 5, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
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By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 12, 2014 Campaign ad
President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
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By Nancy Badertscher, Nick Fouriezos • July 7, 2014
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on June 8, 2014 a discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk."
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By Steve Contorno • June 8, 2014
Anissa Naouai
Anissa Naouai
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on CNN
"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2014
Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel
stated on March 2, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 5, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on February 7, 2014 an email blast
"More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 9, 2013 an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire'
"We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 a tweet
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
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By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 a Senate filibuster speech
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union
Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obama’s idea.
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By Molly Moorhead • February 13, 2013
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 2, 2012 an ad
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
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By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on August 31, 2012 a news conference
"Since the time of the Civil War, we've made a distinction in this country between the availability and the ability to access for people who were in the military, versus the rest of us, to vote." 
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By Aaron Marshall • October 1, 2012
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