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Mike Rogers
stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"

Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."

By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014

Bing West
stated on February 25, 2014 a radio interview

Seventy-five percent of the young adults in this country are not mentally or physically fit to serve.

By John Hill • March 2, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on December 19, 2013 an interview

Members of the military don’t "contribute toward their pension."

January 12, 2014

John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement

"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."

September 29, 2013

C.W. Bill Young
stated on September 20, 2013 a House address

If the government shuts down, "all military personnel will continue to serve and accrue pay but will not actually be paid until appropriations are available."

By Julie Kliegman • September 24, 2013

Joe Lieberman
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"

President Barack Obama "had the legal authority" to strike Syria without a vote from Congress.

By Jon Greenberg • September 12, 2013

John McCain
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Face the Nation"

Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."

By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2013

Jack Reed
stated on April 7, 2013 a television interview

North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."

By Michael McKinney • May 10, 2013

Randy Forbes
stated on April 9, 2013 a column.

Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.

By Nancy Madsen • April 26, 2013

Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”

Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."

By Bill Wichert • February 10, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate

Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.

By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver

Says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasn’t asked for.

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2012

Sanford Bishop
stated on July 23, 2012 an online video of an earlier speech

"There are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in America right now."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 3, 2012

Saxby Chambliss
stated on April 11, 2012 a speech

The fastest-rising expense in the U.S. Defense Department is health care.

By Eric Stirgus • May 2, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on February 24, 2012 a speech

Rhode Island has the "the second-most heavily deployed National Guard in the United States."

By Alex Kuffner • March 2, 2012

Alan Simpson
stated on November 18, 2011 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland

Says military expenditures for the United States are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.

By Tom Feran • December 5, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall

"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011

Marcy Kaptur
stated on June 24, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives

"Creeping defense commitments in (the Middle East) and globally now consume over half the U.S. discretionary budget annually."

By Sabrina Eaton • July 1, 2011

Yard sign
stated on June 15, 2011 a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.

Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."

By John Gregg • June 30, 2011

Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 an interview on "Morning Joe."

The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011

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