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Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate

Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."

September 30, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Scranton, Pa.

Says military commanders have said that if Donald Trump were elected, "they would not follow his orders."

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox News

"The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2016

Sean Hannity
stated on June 28, 2016 comments on his Fox News program

"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016

Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."

By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech

Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."

April 1, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate

"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes into fighting ISIS and international terrorism."

By Joshua Gillin • January 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa

"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on Meet the Press

The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it."

By Amy Sherman • December 22, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas

Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN

"One of the things I would immediately do … is bring back the warrior class -- Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. ... Every one was retired early because they told President Obama things that he didn’t want to hear."

By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 the Democratic debate in Iowa

Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."

By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2015

Viral image
stated on October 23, 2015 posts on the Internet

Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on July 17, 2015 a town hall in Carson City, Nevada

"A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."

By Amy Sherman • July 21, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."

By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2015

E.W. Jackson
stated on July 4, 2015 a news release.

Says President Obama "is reducing our naval fleet to 1917 levels..."

By Sean Gorman • July 13, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

June 25, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his presidential announcement speech

The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."

By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015

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