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Latest Fact-Checks In Military

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Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on April 26, 2009 a TV interview
"The Geneva Convention did not apply, until 2005, to the war on terror."
Half-True
April 28, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 19, 2009 a news conference.
"Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States."
Mostly True
April 21, 2009
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on April 15, 2009 a news release
It is "the Department of Homeland Security's view that returning military veterans and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 16, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on April 8, 2009 an episode of his TV program.
"President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year."
Mostly True
April 13, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"2008 was the deadliest year of the war (in Afghanistan) for American forces."
True
By Alexander Lane • March 31, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
"President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 26, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver
Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
True
By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008 its platform
"More than 12,500 service men and women have been discharged on the basis of sexual orientation since the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was implemented, at a cost of over $360 million. Many of those forced out had special skills in high demand, such as translators, engineers, and pilots."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 25, 2008
Jerome R. Corsi
Jerome R. Corsi
stated on August 1, 2008 his book The Obama Nation.
Barack Obama has "pledged to reduce the size of the military."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 18, 2008
On torture.
No Flip
August 18, 2008
Campaign Money Watch
Campaign Money Watch
stated on June 9, 2008 a TV ad
"McCain got more money from Airbus' U.S. executives than any other politician."
True
July 31, 2008
Campaign Money Watch
Campaign Money Watch
stated on June 9, 2008 a TV ad
"John McCain intervened, which helped Airbus get that Pentagon contract."
Mostly False
July 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 26, 2008 a TV ad
"He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."
Mostly False
July 29, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 23, 2008 a radio ad
Obama "voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Alexander Lane • July 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 20, 2008 Afghanistan
"For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 18, 2008 a television ad
Obama "voted against funding our troops."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 21, 2008 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama wants to "unilaterally disarm our nation."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 15, 2008 a television ad
Obama worked with "Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 11, 2008 a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
True
July 11, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2008 a television ad
Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2008
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