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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!
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
Branko Radulovacki
Branko Radulovacki
stated on October 14, 2013 an email
I am the only U.S. Senate candidate who spoke out against bombing Syria, and who challenged Georgia’s governor and insurance commissioner over obstruction to the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Janel Davis • November 5, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on November 3, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on October 14, 2013 an interview with the Texas Observer
The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 11, 2013 a press release
On responding to chemical weapon use in Syria
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2013
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her oped column
Louie Gohmert of Texas "compared the current general-in-charge in Egypt to George Washington."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on September 22, 2013 a roundtable on ABC’s “This Week”
Under economic sanctions, "now Iran is suffering 30 percent inflation, 20 percent unemployment."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on September 13, 2013 a statement
On support for a military strike on Syria
Half Flip
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • September 13, 2013
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
President Barack Obama "had the legal authority" to strike Syria without a vote from Congress.
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 12, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 7, 2013 an interview with the "Washington Post"
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2013
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