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Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel
stated on September 26, 2007 a debate in Hanover, N.H.
"If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation — the entire nation."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 2, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2007 Clinton, Iowa
"I opposed this war from the beginning. I opposed the war in 2002. I opposed the war in 2003. I opposed it in 2004 and 2005 and 2006."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 28, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 26, 2007 Hanover, N.H.
"There are 300,000 babies born deformed every year in this country because of women who are alcoholics while they're carrying those children to term."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 19, 2007 a comment to reporters in London.
"I'm probably one of the four or five best-known Americans in the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on September 25, 2007
"Bill Richardson is the only major Democratic candidate with a plan to withdraw all American troops from Iraq. All of the other major Democratic candidates support leaving American troops in Iraq indefinitely."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 8, 2007
Obama "won health care for 150,000 people."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2007 a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
Half of all personal bankruptcies in America "are caused by medical bills."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 18, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2007 a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
"Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 18, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2007 a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
Health insurance premiums "have almost doubled ... since 2000."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 15, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 14, 2007 a television ad.
"Joe Biden is the only candidate with a plan to get us out of Iraq and keep us out."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2007
Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
stated on September 5, 2007 a debate in Durham, N.H.
In countries that allow gay marriage, the rates of heterosexual marriage "have plummeted to where you have counties now in northern Europe where 80 percent of the first-born children are born out of wedlock."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 6, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2007
Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
stated on September 5, 2007 a debate in Durham, N.H.
"Currently, we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 21, 2007 Oklahoma City.
"The failings in our civil service are encouraged by a system that makes it very difficult to fire someone even for gross misconduct."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 1, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"(McCain) was opposed to ethanol. Now he's for it."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 26, 2007 Stratham, N.H.
"(McCain) said he was opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade. Now he's for overturning Roe v. Wade."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2007
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 22, 2007 a radio ad.
Barack Obama supported keeping troops in Iraq, but now he wants a "precipitous withdrawal" regardless of "conditions on the ground" or "consequences of a defeat for the United States," an RNC radio ad.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 22, 2007
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 22, 2007 a radio ad.
Hillary Clinton was against setting a deadline for withdrawal, but now she wants a "precipitous withdrawal" regardless of "conditions on the ground" or "consequences of a defeat for the United States," an RNC radio ad.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 22, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on June 5, 2007 Manchester, N.H.
"I'll tell you what I can tell this country: If they want a president who doesn't believe in God, there's probably plenty of choices."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2007
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