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stated on July 14, 2014 posts on Facebook:
Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers."  
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour":
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 a "Roll Call" interview:
The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 26, 2014 emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet:
Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech:
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview:
Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices.":
"The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent."
True
By Steve Contorno • June 12, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show":
In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on June 8, 2014 a discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 8, 2014
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer
stated on June 4, 2014 remarks on Fox News:
The Israelis "gave up 1,000 terrorists in return for one sergeant."
True
By Shannon Beckham • June 8, 2014
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on June 1, 2014 an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Hillary Clinton "laid the groundwork" for getting chemical weapons out of Syria.
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 4, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 1, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 1, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2014 an opinion article:
Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2014
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