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Latest Fact-Checks In Nuclear

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."  
Mostly False
September 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 9, 2016 a television ad
Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2016
American Unity PAC
American Unity PAC
stated on August 30, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.  
False
By Nadia Pflaum • September 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2016 remarks in Michigan
The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • August 24, 2016
Independent Voice for Illinois PAC
Independent Voice for Illinois PAC
stated on August 9, 2016 an attack video advertisement of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
"...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted ‘yes’ (on the Iran nuclear deal)." 
Mostly False
By Marc Filippino • August 23, 2016
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on May 25, 2016 in an interview.
On the Iran nuclear deal
Half Flip
By Riley Snyder • August 23, 2016
Tim Canova
Tim Canova
stated on August 11, 2016 a campaign mailer
On the Iran nuclear deal
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • August 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 2, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Donald Trump "has been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our Western European allies."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 12, 2016
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on August 3, 2016 a press release
Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
Half-True
By Will Doran • August 5, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money."
Mostly False
July 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention
"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech
Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016
Jon Keyser
Jon Keyser
stated on May 31, 2016 a TV ad
Says "Obama wants to give (Iran) nuclear weapons and Michael Bennet, he was all for it."  
Pants on Fire!
By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.
Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 a press release
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
False
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.
"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2016 a speech at Mar-a-Lago
Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."
False
By Linda Qiu • March 17, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 8, 2016 remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered
North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
True
By Anthony Cave • February 16, 2016
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