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Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign commercial:
Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on January 29, 2010 his Fox News program:
"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos':
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • November 30, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 13, 2009 an e-mail circulated to many people.:
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • November 13, 2009
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 9, 2009 his Fox News program:
"Barack Obama won't even use the term 'war on terrorism.'"
True
By Robert Farley • November 12, 2009
Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
stated on October 22, 2009 the daily White House press conference:
A request for "an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House (during the presidency of George W. Bush), including the vice president's, for more than eight months, a resource request filled by President Obama in March."
True
By Robert Farley • October 23, 2009
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