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Latest Fact-Checks In Foreign Policy

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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
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 an interview with NPR:
On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead":
"Under the Espionage Act, (Edward Snowden would not be) allowed to come into court and say ‘I was justified in disclosing this information.’ There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 7, 2014
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
stated on December 9, 2013 comments at a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies:
Iran President Hassan "Rouhani has more Cabinet members with Ph.D.s from American universities" than members of Barack Obama’s Cabinet.
True
By Katie Sanders • December 16, 2013
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2013 a meme on the Internet:
Says Vladimir Putin said, "President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Lilly Maier • December 5, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 27, 2013 a tweet:
"Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2013
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on November 24, 2013 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"The administration was kicking and screaming all the way with these sanctions being put in place (on Iran)."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 23, 2013 a press release:
"Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes."
True
By Julie Kliegman • November 27, 2013
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on October 30, 2013 in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":
Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure."
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2013
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