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Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
stated on June 29, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up."
Half-True
June 30, 2010
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on June 22, 2010 a commentary on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
With his decision on whether to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal, President Obama "has to fix yet another problem he inherited from the Bush administration."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on June 4, 2010 an e-mail
"Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters."
Half-True
June 14, 2010
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
Halliburton defrauded American taxpayers of "hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 9, 2010
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
stated on May 30, 2010 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"The president has added close to 68,000 troops in the last year, since he came into office, not just the 30,000 you hear, but the others that were added before that."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign commercial
Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam."
Mostly False
May 26, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on May 16, 2010 a blog on his campaign website
In Afghanistan "the (military) leadership has proposed a new medal, an award for 'Courageous Restraint' ... for 'NOT FIRING BACK.' "
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2010
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Military "recruiting went on at Harvard every single day throughout the time (Kagan) was there."
Half-True
May 17, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Elena Kagan "violated the law of the United States at various points" with her opposition to military recruiters.
Mostly False
May 16, 2010
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on May 6, 2010 a press conference
The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2010
John Barrasso
John Barrasso
stated on May 10, 2010 an interview on Fox News
On military recruiters at Harvard, Elena Kagan "took a position and the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that she was wrong."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 10, 2010
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
Half-True
April 14, 2010
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
Mostly True
April 12, 2010
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."
Half-True
April 11, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 9, 2010 chain e-mail
Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 9, 2010
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
stated on March 22, 2010 comments on CBS's Face the Nation
The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 10, 2010 a Facebook status update message
"Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973 ... A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS!!!"
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • March 11, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2010 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 an interview on CBS
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
February 13, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 2, 2010 comments at a congressional hearing.
On whether he supports 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'
Full Flop
By Catharine Richert • February 4, 2010
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