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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan
stated on March 6, 2014 an op-ed on Townhall.com
Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on March 9, 2014 a broadcast of CBS' "Face the Nation"
On Syria, "a lot of the allies signed on. At the last minute, Obama backed off."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2014
John Bolton
John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 comments on Fox News Channel
Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014
Russia Today
Russia Today
stated on March 4, 2014 a posting on their website
The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on March 3, 2014 a segment on "Hardball"
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 4, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 28, 2014 a post on Facebook
Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2014
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards
Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014
David Ignatius
David Ignatius
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
True
By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014
Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
The Ukraine Orange Revolution in 2004 "was the first color revolution."
False
By Julie Kliegman • February 23, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 7, 2014 an interview on HBO's "Real Time"
On the Cuba embargo
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 a special broadcast on Fox
Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on January 28, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports"
In 2002, "Iran was more or less an American ally."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union address
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
"Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 21, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says David Jolly’s former firm lobbied "for hundreds of millions (of dollars) for a dictator in Pakistan."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 27, 2014
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